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mulled wine

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
I'm going to make mulled wine for the first time on Sunday, I can't wait :yippe:

Any tips, recipes, gems of mulled wine knowledge to share...

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    top tip
    buy a bottle of ready made mulled wine and warm a mug of it in the microwave
    :yippe:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm making some right now. First time trying. Stuck some spices in a tea strainer thing, and some cloves into an orange, and then those with a lemon went into a saucepan with some wine and heated up. Then left on the hob ready for consumption.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    don't let it boil
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    SuzyCreamcheese wrote: »
    top tip
    buy a bottle of ready made mulled wine and warm a mug of it in the microwave
    :yippe:

    i went around to a friend's a few weeks back and he bought a bottle of ready made mulled wine and put it in a pan. he then added some orange peel and cinnamon sticks and let it simmer for a while.

    it was lovelllly. it got me very drunk though.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Oh my parents make something like that. But with orange slices and they put cloves in the orange slices as well (and the cinnamon sticks too)... and it is in a heated mixture of cranberry and some other kind of juice as we don't drink alcohol.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It's yummy.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i've just used some "vin chaud" bags bought in france once. i havn't seen any about here which is a shame as they cost £2 and made gallons of the stuff
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    We did a trial run last night and it turned out really good :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    How did you do it? I bought a bottle of the pre-made stuff from Tesco the other day, would be nice to know what I can add to it to make it even better though (the oranges with cloves and cinnamon sticks sound good)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    StupidGirl wrote: »
    How did you do it? I bought a bottle of the pre-made stuff from Tesco the other day, would be nice to know what I can add to it to make it even better though (the oranges with cloves and cinnamon sticks sound good)

    We put a bottle of red wine in a saucepan on low heat with half a cinnamon stick, a few cloves, cardamon pods, a couple of bay leaves and a sliced lemon. Splash of water and about 100g of brown sugar. Took about 15-20 mins. It was gorgeous.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yum! :yum: Sounds delicious.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Just wanted to say I followed your recipe on Christmas day (I sliced an orange with cloves stuck in it into the wine too) and it went down a treat - cheers :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I like mulled wine- always serve with a smile :):):)
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