Mulled wine is a popular mulled alcoholic drink, which is extremely suitable on colder days. With our recipe, you can prepare the best mulled wine at home. Let the intoxicating aroma of kuhančka, which you drink in the safe shelter of your home, warm you in autumn and winter.
Mulled wine has countless derivatives. It can be prepared from white or red wine. But how do you know which wine to choose from the shelf so that the mulled wine will be the best? A little money, a little music. You will not be able to make the worst wine into a good mulled wine, which was created when ordinary wine began to spoil and was made drinkable again by adding honey and spices. That's why it's important what you pour into the pot together cloves and the remaining ingredients. Nevertheless, for preparation the best cookbook there is no need to buy the most expensive bottle of wine, because heating, sweetening and other additives change its taste and aroma. So it makes sense to take the middle path. The choice between white and red wine is a matter of taste and tradition.
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Red mulled wine
Mulled wine prepared at home is the best.
In addition to the choice of wine, the quality of the mulled wine is significantly influenced by the process of preparing the home-made stew. Below we present to you simple recipe for mulled wine and we show how to make mulled wine at home the best mulled wine.
Ingredients
- 1 l of white or red wine
- 3 dcl of water
- 10 spoons of sugar
- lemon slice (to taste)
- cinnamon (to taste)
- kids (15+)
Directions
- Place the listed ingredients for mulled wine in a pot and cook until almost boiling.
- Before the wine boils, set aside and pour into glasses. And that's all art! Cheers!
- If you want to further refine the taste of mulled wine, the preparation process is the same, but additional ingredients are added to the basic ingredients for different effects. Find out which ones below!
1. Additives for preparing the best mulled wine:
- Bay leaf
- ginger
- Juniper berries
For an even better mulled wine, add bay leaves, ginger and juniper berries to the classic spices. How much of something? To taste.
2. Accessories for making the best mulled wine:
- (white) rum
Mulled wine also becomes more aromatic if you add (white) rum to it.
3. Accessories for preparing the best mulled wine:
- an orange
- tangerine
- vanilla sugar
You can also enhance the mulled wine by adding half an orange or tangerine and a bag of vanilla sugar to the basic ingredients.
4. Additives for preparing the best mulled wine:
- peeled lemon
If you want the mulled wine to be less bitter, remove the peel from the lemon and use only its flesh.
5. Accessories for preparing the best mulled wine:
- a few extra tablespoons of sugar
The most sophisticated way to enhance the taste of mulled wine is to caramelize a few tablespoons of sugar in a container, pour cold water over it, add wine, mix in cloves, lemon slices and cinnamon and prepare the mulled wine using the same procedure as the basic version.
Non-alcoholic mulled wine (for children)
Ingredients
- 4 bags of fruit tea
- 1 liter of water
- cinnamon
- 1 clove
- 8 spoons of honey
- an orange
- an apple
- lemon
Directions
- Pour water into the pot, add cinnamon and cloves to it.
- Heat until it boils. Turn off the heat/induction plate and throw the tea bags, sliced apples and oranges into the water.
- After ten minutes, remove the bags and heat once more, but this time not completely boiling.
- Pour lemon juice into the drink and strain, and add honey at the end.
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