Beat the Cold with Hot Wine (Recipe)

Feeling Down? Hot Wine to the Rescue!

There’s nothing like a piping hot glass of mulled wine to beat the cold on a bitter December evening. I’m especially looking forward to one tonight, since the sun has barely poked out over the past few days here in Madrid (a rarity I’m assured) and I’ve been feeling anxious to get back to the US for Christmas. I want to have a cookie baking marathon, hug my family, play games with my niece and feel the “Christmas Spirit” AKA marketing ploys that we Americans are surrounded with around these dates.

But for now I’ll have to make due with a batch of cookies I made the other day and a glass of steamy red wine. It’s not so bad actually…!

Based on Jamie Oliver’s Recipe (but adapted to what I had in the house)!

Ingredients:

• 1 Clementine
• 4 strips of lemon peel
• 4 strips of clementine peel
• 6 heaping spoons of sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 vanilla bean, halved
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 bottle of red wine
• A shot of rum or brandy (optional)

Preparation:

1. Squeeze the clementine juice into a saucepan and add the sugar and citrus peels.
2. Add the spices and bring the mixture to a boil, constantly stirring.
3. As soon as it boils add 1/2 cup of red wine. Allow it to simmer slowly until it is reduced to a carmel-like syrup.
4. Add the rest of the bottle of wine, cover, and as soon as it is warm, serve. Don’t boil unless you want it to be sin alcohol (non-alcoholic)!
5. If you want an extra kick add a shot or rum or brandy (I added a shot of Brugal I’d been infusing with vanilla beans)
6. Drink and feel the warmth!

Hot Wine

Lauren Aloise

There’s nothing like a piping hot glass of mulled wine to beat the cold on a bitter December evening. 

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 15 mins

Course Drinks

Cuisine Spanish

Servings 5 servings

Calories 163.6 kcal

Ingredients

  

1x2x3x

• 1 Clementine
• 4 strips of lemon peel
• 4 strips of clementine peel
• 6 heaping spoons of sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 vanilla bean halved
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 bottle of red wine
• A shot of rum or brandy optional

Instructions

 

• Squeeze the clementine juice into a saucepan and add the sugar and citrus peels.
• Add the spices and bring the mixture to a boil, constantly stirring.
• As soon as it boils add 1/2 cup of red wine. Allow it to simmer slowly until it is reduced to a carmel-like syrup.
• Add the rest of the bottle of wine, cover, and as soon as it is warm, serve. Don't boil unless you want it to be sin alcohol (non-alcoholic)!
• If you want an extra kick add a shot or rum or brandy (I added a shot of Brugal I'd been infusing with vanilla beans)
• Drink and feel the warmth!

Nutrition

Calories: 163.6kcalCarbohydrates: 12.73gProtein: 0.36gFat: 0.34gSaturated Fat: 0.11gSodium: 6.55mgPotassium: 216.7mgFiber: 1.22gSugar: 7.55gVitamin A: 10.08IUVitamin C: 13.58mgCalcium: 30.53mgIron: 0.75mg

Keyword hot wine, mulled wine, wine cocktail

Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!