Mulled Wine

Mulled wine is wine which has been spiced and heated. It is definately something associated with Christmas

Jamie Olive mulls red wine with cloves stuck in a satsuma - if you have seen the pretty Sainsburys Ads you'll have seen it!

Other recipes are as follows - you can adjust these to your personal taste of course.

This will serve as many as 1 bottle of wine will serve - a big variable. Serve in mugs or glasses!

1 bottle red wine
demerara sugar (1-2 oz)
1 cinnamon stick
grated nutmeg
1 orange cut in half
1 dried bay leaf

Warm the wine and ingredients until the sugar disolves. Check if its sweet enough for you. The intention is to only warm the wine and not get rid of the alcohol.

You could use honey instead of sugar, add cloves instead of these spices and add more or less orange (Slices if you prefer)

Other additions can be additional alcohol according to taste (Brandy, gin, vodka etc) - add at the end.

Enjoy!