A drink popular in cold countries, warming the body and soul on chilly evenings - mulled wine, the recipe of which is familiar to many and does not leave anyone indifferent. The drink has German roots and means flaming wine in translation. It fully justifies its name, because hot mulled wine spreads with pleasant warmth throughout the body.
This drink has not only a pleasant taste, but also tonic and medicinal properties for colds, hypothermia or loss of strength. It consists of wine, fruits and spices. It has a rich spicy taste.
There are many tips on how to make mulled wine. But the basic principle of cooking remains unchanged. The basis is dry or semi dry wine. Citruses, spices and spices are added to it. Cinnamon and cloves are a must. The whole mixture is heated over medium heat, but not brought to a boil. After that, the drink is removed from the heat and allowed to brew.
How many degrees in mulled wine depends on the main ingredient and how the drink is prepared. Red wine is used in classic recipes. It has a strength of about 12%. If the mixture is not brought to a boil, then the percentage of alcohol in the drink will not change much. Otherwise, the strength of the drink will be 6-7%.
When using more strong alcohol such as cognac or whiskey, the alcohol content of the drink will increase. Sometimes old recipes reach 25% alcohol. The intoxicating effect can be reduced by adding juice or syrups. Hot mulled wine with a strength of more than 7% is considered optimal. This percentage was used in classic German recipes.
General principles and features of making mulled wine at home
General rules for preparing this ancient drink the same for all recipes:
Mulled wine is hot drink so it needs to be boiled.
The mixture is not brought to a boil, because of this the strength of the drink is lost.
The main spices are cinnamon and cloves. They set the tone for the entire cocktail.
The finished mixture must be infused so that the taste of all ingredients is fully revealed.
If the drink boils, you need to remove the pan from the heat and insist under the lid. In this case, alcohol will not be able to evaporate in large quantities.
The classic recipe for mulled wine at home does not contain complex ingredients. Usually cinnamon, cloves, ginger and citrus zest are added to the base. For sweetness, sugar or honey is included.
The question often arises: How to cook mulled wine at home quickly and inexpensively? For this, special mixtures are sold in stores. They contain the main components for one serving in dried form. The cost of the bag is small and you do not have to look for the right spices for a long time.
Composition and ingredients
The composition of mulled wine begins with dry wine. It is an invariable component for any classic recipe. To get the original drink, you need to use several spices and fruits:
Cinnamon and cloves add richness and spicy notes to the drink. No recipe is complete without them. Nutmeg helps open up the dish and enhances its flavor. Ground ginger has a rather pungent taste, with nothing comparable. It conveys its taste to the dish well, and peppercorns are added to enhance the spiciness and spice.
The fruit component of the drink is lemon and apple. They have a pleasant taste and are rich in vitamins. The addition of orange peel will enhance their beneficial properties and give mulled wine a noble bitterness. Depending on the recipe, cognac or water is added.
Opponents of alcohol do not refuse it, but simply brew it on the basis of juice or fruit drink. All ingredients equally saturate the cocktail and give different shades. Sweets are added with sugar or honey. From this, the taste of the dish will become softer and sparkle with new colors.
Wine for mulled wine
Dry red wine is used as part of this dish. Young inexpensive wines fit most organically. They do not have a sharp taste, and will not interrupt the flavor of the rest of the ingredients. Do not choose elite wines. They themselves have a full bouquet and do not require any additives. The fresher and easier wine, the better it is for mulled wine.
Table wines from New World winemakers are suitable for this characteristic: Chile, Argentina, South Africa. Do not pass by the wines of Georgia and Russia. The well-known Kindzmarauli and Khvanchkara will perfectly fit into the composition of the drink.
Not only red wine is appropriate in the preparation of mulled wine. White wines are also found in the recipes of this dish. They have similar flavor tones to traditional red wines, but are not as dense. Their light texture gives the drink an excellent, but no less pleasant taste.
Spices for mulled wine
From the abundance of seasonings for this drink, eyes run wide. Those who cook mulled wine for the first time are divided into 2 types. The first put the spices laid down according to the recipe and nothing more. The second - try to add everything and little by little. Following the recipe in the absence of experience is the surest move. Each spice has its own properties. Their wrong combination will only harm the cocktail and discourage the desire to cook it again. The basis for the choice of seasonings is the expected result. Each spice has its own flavor and health benefits.
- Black and red peppers in small quantities will warm and give a pleasant aroma.
- Cinnamon is the basis of the taste of mulled wine. Ground should be preferred to cinnamon sticks.
- Ginger - has a warming and invigorating effect, and the drink will give sharpness and astringency.
- Bay leaf does not affect the taste, but adds a camphor-ether smell. It is added for a couple of minutes at the very end, otherwise you can overdo it.
- Clove has a pungent taste and a strong aroma that cannot be confused with anything. It is difficult to imagine the taste of mulled wine without it.
- Star anise will add a licorice taste and decorate the cocktail, thanks to its unusual shape stars.
- Cardamom has a citrus flavor and will easily replace lemon in its absence.
- Nutmeg is a natural flavor enhancer. With it, the drink will become brighter and richer.
- Barberry, added in a small amount, will give the cocktail its light sourness.
- Saffron has a spicy taste and colors the mixture in a golden color. The seasoning is very rich, so it is added in small quantities.
- Sage has a calming and relaxing effect.
- Coriander is spicy, sweetish, with hints of a woody smell.
It is better to add ground spices as little as possible. They create a cloudy drag and an unpleasant aftertaste. Whole seasonings will reveal their flavor more and decorate the drink, floating to the surface.
Mulled wine brewing technology
Making mulled wine is an easy and interesting process that does not take much time. In European countries, it is customary to dilute alcohol with water. In our country, only alcohol is diluted with water, and even then not always. But mulled wine will benefit. So the fortress will be lost, but the volume of the drink will increase. This method is suitable for those who are not a big fan of alcohol, but do not want to give up the traditional recipe. Regardless of the composition, there are basic recommendations on how to properly brew mulled wine.
The cocktail is made in a container with thick walls. Alcohol is poured into the pan, spices and fruits are poured, honey or cane sugar is added. In case of dilution of wine, chilled boiled water is added. Boiling water combines with alcohol only slowly and pouring along the edge of the container. The whole mixture is heated over medium heat. Readiness is achieved at a temperature of 80 degrees. Not everyone has a food thermometer in their kitchen. Therefore, we heat the cocktail to the maximum possible temperature, preventing it from boiling.
How much to brew mulled wine depends on the volume of the mixture and the alcohol used. V classic version for a bottle of wine, cooking does not take more than 10 minutes. Having brought to readiness, mulled wine must be removed from the heat and let it brew under the lid for at least 30-40 minutes. During this time, the cocktail will be saturated with essential oils and the aroma of spices will be revealed.
The made drink is poured into containers with thick walls. So the mulled wine will cool down more slowly.
Mulled wine recipes
The simplest mulled wine recipe is hot alcohol with spices. It is quick to prepare and delicious to drink on cold winter evenings. But this drink may not be so simple. Mulled wine and its preparation may vary depending on the choice of spirits, the amount and variety of spices, fruits and additives. It can be a drink on cognac or whiskey, very spicy or, on the contrary, sweet. Prepare both alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails. Having a recipe for making any mulled wine at home, you can easily cook it step by step.
Classic mulled wine recipe
This recipe is ubiquitous and easy to prepare due to the availability of all ingredients. To get classic mulled wine you will need:
- Dry red wine - 1 bottle.
- Water - 50 ml.
- Sugar - 1 tablespoon.
- Nutmeg - a pinch.
- Cinnamon - 1 stick.
- Cloves - 5-6 pieces.
- Citrus zest - a couple of strips.
A decoction of water and spices is brought to a boil on a small gas. Let it boil, remove the container from the stove and insist. While the mixture is aging, heat the wine, add sugar to it and pour in the finished broth. Heat the drink as much as possible and remove from the stove, leaving to infuse for 40 minutes. Ready mulled wine is served with a cinnamon stick or orange slices.
Mulled wine with honey
This recipe is different from classic addition 1-2 tablespoons of honey instead of sugar for sweetness and a couple of apple slices. The combination of these ingredients will give a sweetish aftertaste and floral notes to the drink.
Unusual mulled wine with tea, ginger and mandarin
If the strength of the drink is not important, but you want new sensations, adding tea is a great option. It will add lightness to mulled wine, and ginger and tangerine will create a New Year's mood.
Pour half a glass of water into the container, add a teaspoon of black tea. Boil and strain the liquid. Add the main spices and tangerine zest to the strained tea. Heat the mixture as much as possible and keep it closed.
Wash the mandarin, peel it, divide it into slices and cut them in half. Pour a bottle of wine into the pan, add tea with spices and tangerine. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
Add 2-3 tablespoons of honey to the cocktail to taste, mix and insist under the lid for 40 minutes. Serve with oatmeal or shortbread cookies and tangerine slices.
Mulled wine with rum and amaretto from Denmark
drink by Danish recipe very gentle and sweet, but with a high proportion of alcohol. Such mulled wine will perfectly warm you after the cold and cheer you up.
Pour a liter of dry wine into a saucepan. Add 5 star anise, a teaspoon of cloves and 2-3 cinnamon sticks. Warm up a little to 50-60 degrees. Without removing the pan from the stove, add 2 chopped oranges, 1 apple. After that, pour in 50 ml of rum and a little amaretto. Heat up as much as possible and turn off the fire. Add 3 tablespoons of honey and insist. Serve with dark chocolate and orange.
Mulled wine with pepper, almonds and port wine
A teaspoon of cloves, black peppercorns, cinnamon, zest of 1 orange and 100 grams of almonds are placed in a saucepan. Everything is poured with a glass of water and boiled for 10 minutes. After that, add half a glass of port wine and 100 grams of sugar. After heating the whole mixture, you can add a bottle of wine and mix. Bring the drink to readiness and leave for half an hour.
Mulled wine prepared according to this recipe has a piquant spiciness and a bright almond flavor. And port wine will add strength and astringency to the drink.
Simple mulled wine with ginger cognac and cinnamon
Such mulled wine is prepared with the addition of lemon juice. It adds a noble sourness and goes well with other ingredients.
Cut the zest from the lemon and squeeze out the juice. Pour half a glass of wine into the cooking container, throw in 3-4 slices of ginger, cinnamon and a teaspoon of cloves. Let the liquid boil. Add lemon juice, half a glass of cognac and the remaining wine in the bottle. Get everything ready. And add 3 tablespoons of honey after removing from the stove. Infuse the cocktail for 20-30 minutes in the closed state.
Ginger mulled wine
Ginger mulled wine is prepared on the basis of white wine and has healing properties. It helps with colds, sore throats and just helps to warm up.
Cut a couple of slices of ginger root and 3 slices of citrus. Pour them with 1 liter of alcohol and hold for 10 minutes. At this time, brew 200 ml of tea with tangerine zest. Add cinnamon, a teaspoon of cloves, a pinch of vanilla sugar to the cocktail and pour in the tea. Bring the entire mixture to 80 degrees and remove from the stove. Keep, mixed with 3 tablespoons of honey, 20 minutes. Such mulled wine will turn out to be very light, sweet, with a pleasant ginger sharpness.
Fruit mulled wine
This recipe includes: apple, lemon, tangerine, pear. Seasonings: 1 teaspoon of spices and a cinnamon stick. Fruit ingredients should be washed and cut into small pieces half of each fruit.
Heat 1 glass of water and add all the spices. Continue heating the mixture, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, heat 1 liter of wine in another saucepan. Pour the mixture of water and spices into the wine in a thin stream. Add fruits. Bring the drink to readiness, add 3 tablespoons of honey and insist under the lid. Such mulled wine is served with the remaining fruit, cut into slices.
Apple mulled wine
Apples, like ginger, go best with dry white wine. For amplification apple flavor it is diluted with natural or purchased juice.
Place a lemon, 1 chopped apple, a slice of ginger, a clove, cinnamon sticks, 2 tablespoons of sugar and 100 grams of raisins into a bowl. All this pour a glass of water and heat. Next, mix everything with wine and warm until cooked. After removing from the stove, season with 3 tablespoons of honey and insist. This drink has a very sweet apple-candy aftertaste.
Male mulled wine with red pepper
This drink is light, but very strong and spicy. In addition to wine, mulled wine is mixed with vodka or whiskey. You need to drink it carefully, enjoying every sip, which will spill over the body with burning heat.
Throw a small portion into the bowl hot pepper, squeeze the juice of half a lemon, put cinnamon, a tablespoon of sugar, nutmeg, cloves, saffron and anise. Pour the spices with a glass of red wine and heat. After a couple of minutes, pour in the remaining wine and heat as much as possible. After removing from the stove, add 100 grams of vodka. Hold for 5-10 minutes before serving.
White wine mulled wine
Mulled wine on white wine differs in its palatability from traditional red. It is lighter and often has fruity notes.
To prepare, mix 1 liter of white wine with a tablespoon of honey and heat over low heat. After that, add a teaspoon of cardamom and anise, a cinnamon stick, juice and zest of one lemon and a couple of slices of ginger. Heat the mixture until small air bubbles appear on the surface. After that, insist 10-20 minutes and serve in a bowl with thick walls.
Non-alcoholic mulled wine
Soft drink is brewed on the basis of fruit drink. To prepare it, you need to defrost 1 cup of currants, mash or rub together with 2 tablespoons of sugar.
For the base, bring a liter of water to a boil. Put prepared currants, 4 slices of ginger, a teaspoon of cloves, star anise and cinnamon stick in a ceramic bowl. Pour boiling water over all ingredients and leave for an hour. Ready mulled wine should be filtered and mixed with a tablespoon of honey.
Fruits enhance the aroma of the drink, but a large amount will kill the taste of the wine and you will get a compote.
Whole spices are better than ground spices. They do not leave a cloudy residue and do not require filtering.
For cooking, it is better to use small pots with thick walls. So the drink will end quickly, not having time to lose precious heat.
· Fruits for mulled wine should be thoroughly washed, and it is better to use only the pulp.
Fortified wines are not suitable for making a drink. You can increase the fortress by adding cognac, whiskey or liquor.
Useful properties of mulled wine
Spices and spices contained in the composition improve blood circulation, heart function and the general condition of the body. In addition, they have a beneficial effect on the work nervous system and stomach. The combination of warm wine, lemon and spices improves immunity, fights colds and warms up the entire body. It is precisely because of these useful properties, mulled wine is often consumed during a cold. Its aroma and content essential oils restores the sense of smell, and soothes sore throats.
Mulled wine brings not only benefits, but also harm. Never forget that it is an alcoholic drink. Abuse of it will not bring a therapeutic effect and can harm health. A useful dose is 1-2 glasses.
Mulled wine for colds
This recipe contains a dose of fruit vitamins and healing spices. It resembles a classic recipe.
All spices (cinnamon - 1 stick, a teaspoon of cloves, ginger and pepper) mixed with 1 liter of wine. Heat until fully cooked and turn off the gas. V ready mix add finely chopped apple, lemon and half an orange, and honey to taste. Ready drink to infuse for 30 minutes.
For a therapeutic effect, such mulled wine should be taken while preparing for bed. The optimal volume is one mug. After such a decoction, it will be much easier to wake up, your health will improve and recovery will go faster.
"Mulled wine" translated from German language means "burning wine". The history of the drink begins from ancient times. Mulled wine is a drink made from red wine with spices and fruits.
Mulled wine is an integral part of the festivities and Christmas holidays among Europeans. Making excellent mulled wine at home is very simple - you will see for yourself.
Classic mulled wine
Classic mulled wine is prepared at home according to simple recipes with the addition of water. You can change ingredients. Use the spices whole, so their small particles do not fall into the glass. If you only have ground spices, wrap them in cheesecloth.
Ingredients:
- cinnamon - 3 sticks;
- 1.5 l. dry red wine;
- peppercorns - 1 tsp;
- cloves - 1 tsp;
- zest of one orange;
- water - 250 ml;
- sugar - 120 g;
Cooking:
- Carefully cut the zest from the orange.
- Place the cinnamon, cloves, peppercorns and orange peel. Add water and wait until it boils.
- Simmer for another 15 minutes until the cinnamon sticks open.
- Add sugar and continue to boil the syrup, stirring. The sugar should dissolve.
- Pour wine into the spice pot and bring to 78 degrees when white foam appears on the surface. Stir constantly.
- Remove from heat and leave the drink to infuse.
The drink can be warmed up and drunk with honey. If you want to make a stronger mulled wine from wine at home, pour 120 ml into a bowl with spices. port 5 minutes before adding wine. It is very important not to bring the finished drink to a boil.
Mulled wine with orange
You can cook mulled wine with fruit. It turns out very tasty mulled wine with oranges, cooked at home. Orange makes the drink fragrant and perfectly warms on cold autumn evenings. A very simple recipe for mulled wine at home.
Required Ingredients:
- Orange;
- a bottle of dry red wine;
- 100 ml. water;
- 6 sticks of cloves;
- sugar or honey - 3 tbsp.
Spices (a pinch each):
- anise;
- cinnamon;
- ginger;
- nutmeg.
Cooking:
- Pour the spices into the pot. Pour in some water and put the dishes on the fire.
- Cook for 2 more minutes after boiling. Turn off the heat and leave the drink under the lid for a few minutes.
- Add sugar or spices. Note that the sugar must dissolve in the drink, so it must be reheated over the fire.
- Pour wine into a saucepan with spices.
- Cut the orange into thin circles and add to the pan. Heat the drink a little, do not bring to a boil.
- Strain the drink.
Ingredients:
- 400 ml. juice;
- 2 tsp black tea;
- half a green apple;
- ½ tsp ginger;
- 2 cinnamon sticks;
- 8 cardamom capsules;
- 10 sticks of cloves;
- 2 star anise;
- a spoonful of honey;
- 20 g raisins.
Cooking:
- Brew tea under a covered lid for 15 minutes.
- Put pre-washed raisins and the following spices in a bowl with a thick bottom: cinnamon, star anise, cardamom.
- Pierce the apple with clove sticks and place in a container with spices.
- Strain the tea, pour in the spices, add the grape juice.
- Add ginger to the drink, stir and put on fire.
- Immediately remove the dishes from the heat as soon as the mulled wine begins to boil. So you save the aroma and benefits of the drink.
- While the drink is still hot, add honey if you like it sweeter. Add the amount of honey at your discretion.
- Cover the finished mulled wine with a lid and leave to infuse.
- Pass the drink through a sieve and remove all the spices and the apple from it.
The drink can be beautifully served in transparent glasses, garnished with slices of fresh apple, lemon or orange, cinnamon sticks.
You can prepare mulled wine from pomegranate, apple, currant, cranberry or.
Mulled wine with fruit
You can make mulled wine at home from red wine with fruit.
Ingredients:
- a liter of dry red wine;
- 2 spoons of honey;
- Apple;
- pear;
- lemon;
- Orange;
- 10 cloves;
- shout wand;
- 8 peppercorns.
Cooking step by step:
- Place the wine in a saucepan over low heat.
- Peel citrus fruits and add with all the spices to the wine.
- Heat the mulled wine until it boils. So the spices will have time to give the drink all the flavor.
- Squeeze the juice from the lemon and orange halves. Cut the rest of the fruit into pieces. Add everything to your drink.
- Strain mulled wine, remove spices and zest. Only fruits should remain. Put it back on fire and add honey.
- Leave the finished drink to infuse for 10 minutes. Fruits do not need to be removed.
Ingredients:
- ½ grapefruit;
- 2 tsp cranberry syrup;
- ginger root 1.5 cm thick;
- 3 pcs. carnations.
Cooking:
- Pour the wine into the saucepan. Add spices, syrup. Ginger cut into thin slices, also add to the wine.
- Heat the drink over medium heat, but do not let it boil.
- Remove from stove, serve hot.
Mulled wine with hibiscus
Red tea brings benefits to the drink, makes the taste more intense. Fresh fruits successfully complement this ensemble.
Ingredients:
- 1 bottle of dry red wine;
- a pinch of hibiscus tea;
- 0.5 ml of water;
- 1 green apple;
- 1 orange;
- 4 tablespoons of sugar.
Cooking:
- Put the water to boil.
- Cut the fruit into circles along with the zest.
- When the water comes to a boil, add the hibiscus, reduce the heat to medium.
- Once the water stops boiling, pour in the wine and add the sugar. Stir the drink constantly.
- Boil the mulled wine for 10-15 minutes and pour the hot drink into glasses.
Mulled wine with coffee
A stronger drink will turn out if you add a little cognac to the usual wine. Emphasizes the taste alcoholic beverages ground coffee.
Ingredients:
- 1 bottle of dry red wine;
- 100 gr. cognac;
- 100 gr. cane sugar;
- 4 tablespoons of ground coffee.
Cooking:
- Pour the wine and cognac into a saucepan.
- Turn on medium power on the stove.
- When the drink is hot, add sugar and coffee. Stir the mulled wine constantly.
- Boil over medium heat for 10 minutes. Don't let him boil.
- Consume hot.
Mulled wine with white wine
If you prefer white wine to red, then this is not a problem. This recipe will help you prepare a warming drink with the right bouquet of spices.
Ingredients:
- 1 bottle of dry white wine;
- 200 ml. Roma;
- half a lemon;
- 5 tablespoons of sugar;
- cinnamon stick;
- 3 pcs. carnations.
Cooking:
- Pour the wine and rum into the saucepan. Set the fire to medium.
- Add sugar to the drink, stir it until completely dissolved.
- Cut the lemon into slices. Add to mulled wine. Pour in the spices.
- Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, do not let it boil.
- Pour hot drink into glasses.
You can make mulled wine at home for the winter holidays. It will be a great addition to your holiday table.
Our winter is still going on. I'll tell you about myself the best way to warm up on winter evenings or just to cheer you up - this is home-cooked mulled wine.
This is a wonderful, aromatic drink made from wine with the addition of sugar and various spices, spices, heated to 70 degrees.
Taking traditional preparation as a basis, drink lovers added something, changed something, thereby diversifying the preparation of mulled wine.
An alcoholic drink is prepared on the basis of white or red dry wine. In non-alcoholic mulled wine, you can take any juice, tea or even liquid honey as a basis.
The drink is prepared and consumed in many European countries and this is mainly due to the celebration of Christmas and New Year, in order to keep warm at various street fairs.
I believe that the occasion can be not only the holidays, but to spend a romantic evening together or in a cheerful noisy company of friends with a mug of hot mulled wine
Mulled wine - a classic recipe
Fragrant drink with a rich taste, warms well in the cold
We need for 1 serving:
- 150 ml dry red wine
- 1 star anise
- 1 cardamom capsule
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 sticks of cloves
- 1 allspice peas
- 1 orange peel strip
- 1/2 teaspoon honey
Cooking:
- We put dishes on medium heat, pour wine into it
- Add all the spices at once
- We warm the wine until the first bubbles appear and immediately remove from heat.
- Add honey, stir
- With a vegetable cutter, cut a small strip from the orange, add to the wine
- Cover the bowl and let it rest for 10 minutes
- In a special glass we filter mulled wine through a sieve
Be healthy!
Hot pepper mulled wine recipe
Would need:
- 250 ml dry red wine
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 fresh hot small pepper
- 2 cardamom capsules
- 7 allspice peas
- 8 black peppercorns
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 sticks of cloves
- 50 ml water
Cooking:
- Cut the pepper into four parts, send to the dishes
- Spices and spices need to be crushed a little and added to the pepper
- Spices pour water
- The liquid must be boiled, close the lid and let it brew.
- Pour the wine into a bowl and put on fire, heat until the first bubbles appear.
- Pour water with spices through a strainer into warmed wine
- We put honey in a special glass
- Pour ready-made mulled wine into honey, stir
Chocolate and coffee mulled wine
Necessary:
- 200 ml dry red wine
- 20 gr. chocolate
- 1 teaspoon any instant coffee
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 small pieces of fresh ginger
- 3 orange peel strips
- 50 ml water
How to cook?
- Mix chocolate and spices
- Pour everything with water, put on a small fire and heat until the chocolate melts, remove from heat
- Let the mixture cool to 40 degrees and pour wine into it.
- We put on fire and heat up, stirring until the first bubbles
- Ready mulled wine is filtered through a strainer into a glass
- Add honey, stir
Non-alcoholic mulled wine - a recipe for cooking at home
We will need:
- 500 gr. cherries, can be frozen
- 200 gr. strawberries, can be frozen
- 100 gr. blueberries, can be frozen
- 80 gr. cranberries, can be frozen
- 1 orange
- 1.7 liters of water
- 300 ml berry syrup
- 80 gr. honey
- 30 gr. fresh ginger
- 6 cinnamon sticks
- 5 star anise
- 9 cardamom capsules
- 7 sticks of cloves
How to cook:
- Unpeeled orange cut in half and cut into slices
- Pre-peeled ginger rubbed on a fine grater
- Pour all the berries into one bowl
- Add orange slices to the berries, squeezing the juice out of them there
- Add ginger to berries
- Pour berry mixture hot water, stir
- Add all spices, stir
- Pour syrup
- Add honey
- Mix everything thoroughly, let it brew
Mulled wine with orange
Product List:
- 500 ml dry red wine
- 500 ml pomegranate juice
- 1 apple
- 1 orange
- 2 clementines (hybrid of orange and tangerine)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 10 sticks of cloves
- 3 allspice peas
- 1 star anise
Cooking:
- Pour half of the juice into a bowl.
- Add spices and spices and boil for 2 minutes, remove from heat, close the lid and leave for 10 minutes
- Remove the zest from the orange and clementine with a vegetable peeler
- Cut orange and 1 clementine in half, save the other for garnish
- Add the zest to the juice with spices and squeeze the fruit juice
- Add the second half of the juice
- We add wine to the juice with spices, if you want to make non-alcoholic mulled wine, then instead of wine, you can add any of your favorite juice
- We put the pan on the fire and heat up to the first bubbles, remove from heat, close the lid and let it brew for 30 minutes
- Slice the remaining clementine
- Cut an apple into slices
- We put everything in a jug
- Strain mulled wine through a sieve into a pitcher
- The drink is served hot, but not scalding.
White wine mulled wine
Compound:
- 1 l dry white wine
- 20 gr. honey
- 1 orange
- 1/4 vanilla stick
- 2 cardamom capsules
- 5 sticks of cloves
- 1/2 fresh root ginger
Cooking:
- Put all the ingredients except the orange in a saucepan
- Put on fire, bring to 70 degrees
- Cut the orange into circles, add to the pan
- Remove from heat and let stand 25 minutes
How to make mulled wine for a cold
Compound:
- 1 l dry red wine
- 50 gr. honey
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 orange
- 5 sticks of cloves
- 1 medium ginger root
- 2 gr. nutmeg
Cooking:
- Put water on fire, bring to a boil
- Cut orange into rings, add to water
- Remove from heat, let stand 25 minutes
- Add the rest of the ingredients
- Put on fire and bring to 70 degrees
- Use spices and spices in unground form
- Warm up the wine to 70 - 80 degrees, if there is no special thermometer at hand, then until the first bubbles
- Never bring wine to a boil.
- The drink must be filtered before pouring into glasses.
- You need to drink mulled wine from transparent mugs with a handle.
- Add cinnamon sticks or fruit slices as decoration
- Drink a hot drink without rushing
- Served as an aperitif with meat or fruit
- We cook mulled wine in a slow cooker for 25 minutes, the "Steamer" function, temperature 70 degrees
Try this magical and soul-warming drink. After all, its preparation does not require special culinary talents, and this fantastic drink will definitely bring warmth and joy.
What is useful mulled wine?
Exists different ways preparation of this healing drink. There is even an option with water. The advantages of the drink include the simplicity and speed of preparation, and the process of its creation is also interesting.
So, let's see what this drink has positive properties:
- Spices have a positive effect on overall well-being.
- Cinnamon eliminates pathogenic intestinal microflora.
- Vanilla has a beneficial effect oncardiovascular system.
- Wine and spices are powerful antioxidants that help boost immunity.
- The main component - red wine contains useful microelements.
By the way, it is believed that this drink was first tasted in ancient Rome. But then it was made from cold wine and herbs.
A hot drink made from wine became so popular in Medieval Europe.
The most popular recipe of those times consisted of Bordeaux red wine and galangal herb.
How to prepare a healing drink?
To properly prepare a drink, you need to choose quality products. If you don’t know what kind of wine to make mulled wine from, then I can say that even inexpensive factory wine will do.
You can also use a fortified or dry product. But in dry wine you will need to add sugar or honey.
You can not overdo it with seasoning. The taste and aroma of spices should not interrupt the taste of wine.
When determining how long to cook a drink, you need to remember that the maximum temperature of the liquid should not exceed 70 degrees.
White wine recipes and even a drink with fruit are becoming more and more popular.
For this, pears, apples and citrus fruits are best suited.
Suitable spices include cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, vanilla and ginger.
Be sure to strain the liquid after cooking. So that pieces of spices and fruits are not felt when consumed.
How to choose wine and spices?
On the video you can see how to make mulled wine. Experts advise choosing such varieties of wine as Merlot, Saperavi or Khvanchkara.
Honey should be used instead of sugar.
When choosing spices, you should focus on their properties:
- The classic ingredients are cloves and cinnamon sticks.
- Star anise or anise will give a more delicate taste.
- Barberry will give sourness orginger.
- For spiciness, you can add a little black pepper.
- Nutmeg enhances the taste of the wine.
- Mint and lemon balm will make the taste a bit like a martini.
You can also use hazelnuts, almonds, raspberries, cranberries and even dried fruits.
Popular cooking methods
Mulled wine classic
For cooking you will need a bottle of wine, 6-7 cloves, 50 grams of sugar, 80 grams of water, as well as nutmeg and citrus fruits.
The drink is prepared like this:
- Pour water into a container and add spices. Boil them;
- after boiling, cook for another minute, and then remove from heat and 15 minutes let it stand;
- then add wine and heat until 70 degrees.
Alcohol free option
To make non-alcoholic mulled wine, use juice instead of alcohol. Maybe grape.
This option without wine is also very healthy and tasty.
For cooking you will need liter of juice, five cloves, half a lemon, 2 grams of cardamom,7 grams of ginger, 6 grams of cinnamon and a little nutmeg.
The cooking process is:
- ginger needs to be grated;
- combine all ingredients and juice;
- warm up to 70 degrees;
- garnish with lemon slices.
Recipe for a cold
To make such a drink, you must prepare a liter of dry red wine, half a glass of water, 50 grams of honey, an orange, a cinnamon stick, ginger root and 2 grams of nutmeg.
The preparation procedure is as follows:
- water is brought to a boil;
- orange sliced \u200b\u200bin rings is added and infused for a quarter of an hour;
- other components are added and brought to 70 degrees.
By the way, you can prepare such a drink even in a slow cooker. I hope you enjoy my recipes.
Try them out and you won't regret it.
HOW TO PREPARE MULTWINE AT HOME
The main components of classic mulled wine are red wine, sugar and spicy spices. Oranges and other citrus fruits are often added to this base. Rarely add other fruits: apples, pears, plums, peaches.
- To reduce the strength of the wine, either grape juice, or brewed tea, or just water is added.
- Some, on the contrary, do not reduce the strength of the wine, but increase it by adding another 15-20 grams of rum to this strong drink.
- For children, in general, they make non-alcoholic mulled wine based on grape juice heated with spices.
Mulled wine is a hot drink. There are two ways to prepare it.
The first way: spices and citrus fruits are heated in water or tea, brought to a boil, insisted, filtered. Then add this hot liquid to the wine.
The second way: spices and fruits are heated in wine immediately. Add water or juice if necessary. The drink is infused. Then it is used.
MULTWINE AT HOME
There are a great many recipes for mulled wine.
The spices in mulled wine are always star anise, cinnamon and cloves. Cinnamon is more often put in sticks (bark), although ground cinnamon is also suitable. Ground nutmeg and ginger, especially fresh, add too much flavor and harshness to this drink. This drink is more like a medicinal composition. Although some of our friends like it, we do not use nutmeg and ginger in our recipe.
MULTWINE HOME - RECIPE
For 2 servings of mulled wine we will take:
- Red wine - 0.5l;
- Orange -1 pc;
- Grapefruit - 1pc;
- Cinnamon - 1 stick;
- Cloves - 3g. (5-7 pcs.);
- Star anise - 2 gr. (2 stars);
- Sugar - 30 gr.
HOW TO MAKE MULTWINE
Mulled wine is not compote, you do not need to cook it. On the contrary, the main thing in this drink, when heated, is not to cross the line of 72 degrees. In no case should the wine boil.
- We put a saucepan with wine on the stove to warm up.
- Cooking orange zest. Grapefruit gives bitterness, if you do not like it, then do not put it. Eat the orange itself while the drink is being prepared. Fresh - more vitamins!
- Put sugar, zest and spices into the wine immediately. During heating, you need to stir several times so that the sugar does not sit on the bottom and burn. When it melts, it is no longer necessary to stir.
- We heat the wine to 70-72 degrees. If there is no thermometer to measure the temperature in the dish, then look, as soon as bubbles begin to rise along the edge of the saucepan, as if boiling, then remove the drink from the hot stove.
- Let the mulled wine brew for 5-7 minutes under the lid. During this time, it will cool down a bit. Then pour into glasses or mugs through a strainer.
CLARIFICATIONS AND NOTES FOR THE RECIPE
- We cook mulled wine at home without water and juice. Only on wine. Wine can be taken the simplest in a plastic bottle or packaged. Good wine is better to drink in its natural form. Look at the sugar content. We have 12% sugar in our wine. Yours may be less or more. Yes, you and I may have different tastes. It depends on the amount of sugar in the drink. Sometimes, even wine of the same brand, but different years has a different sweetness.
- The wine we use is called Peelin. It's kind of like vermouth. It contains many different useful herbs. Dry spicy herbs can also be added to mulled wine: thyme, St. John's wort. There are those who add black peppercorns and even garlic. But... be careful. Medicinal herbs can behave quite differently in the composition of a wine drink. Your heart rate may increase, your blood pressure may rise. For people with various health problems, it is better to start with " children's version» mulled wine, where wine and juice (water, tea) are related as 1:1 or 1:2. It will turn out such a low-alcohol compote.
I love to drink mulled wine from a mug, climbing into a chair with legs and hiding behind a soft fluffy blanket. You hold the mug with both hands and inhale the spicy orange flavor. Hops and warmth envelop you, cold and damp recede. There is peace and tranquility. Coffee is an awakening drink, and mulled wine is an evening magician. This is our opinion.
Video mulled wine recipe
Cheers, have a nice evening.
Having learned how to cook mulled wine at home and learning how to do it, you will be able to demonstrate your skills during friendly gatherings or in the family circle. You can also enjoy it alone, warming up on a cold day. The most pleasant surprise will be that you yourself can adjust the recipe for making mulled wine - by adding or reducing the number of ingredients, or maybe even replacing some spices with others. Thus, you can create your own unique mulled wine.
Among other things, the prepared drink is an elixir with healing properties. They have been used for a long time in folk medicine for recuperation, during colds, flu, coughs and bronchitis. And not in vain. Mulled wine contains, in addition to alcohol, many trace elements, amino acids and vitamins that are not destroyed, since the drink is not boiled.
Having found out that cooking mulled wine at home is an exciting and extremely useful activity, you should proceed directly to its preparation, for which a number of recipes are given below. Choose and fantasize, and most importantly, enjoy both the process of making mulled wine and the result.
To prepare mulled wine, you need dishes with a volume of at least two liters - a saucepan or any other fire-resistant container, a wooden spoon for stirring and cups or glasses for the finished drink. It is better not to use metal objects in cooking.
You should also be meticulous about the choice of spices for mulled wine. It can be:
Sugar and honey as sweeteners. But do not get carried away - just add 3 tablespoons per liter of wine.
Cloves and cinnamon. They give a special taste of the classics. And cinnamon is better to use in sticks.
Star anise and anise - spices of the East - will give a spicy taste and rich color.
Ginger is useful if you are going to use mulled wine as a cold remedy.
Black pepper will give the drink a sharpness and originality of taste.
Bay leaf should be used carefully - lower it into a saucepan at the very end of cooking and remove it immediately - otherwise it may turn out to be something like a soup.
Coriander, saffron and nutmeg will add originality to the taste, but they should be used quite a bit.
Barberry is a light sourness, and herbs like mint or thyme are the summer scents of the woods and meadows.
Fruits, dried fruits, nuts and berries are added to taste. They change the drink as a whole. At the same time, the main thing is not to make alcoholic compote instead of mulled wine.
Now, having all the necessary knowledge, we can move on to the practical part and cook mulled wine while being at home with the family.
Mulled wine at home
- 1 liter dry or semi-dry red wine
- 5 dried cloves
- 1.5 tablespoons of sugar
- juice of half a lemon;
- nutmeg, cinnamon - on the tip of a knife
How to cook:
- Pour the wine into a fireproof container, heat slightly and add all the ingredients indicated in the recipe. Mix the drink well and warm up to 50-70 degrees - until the skin of the hand tolerates temperature.
- Turn off the stove and cover the container with the drink. Stand for 15 minutes, after which you can enjoy fragrant mulled wine.
fruit mulled wine recipe
Such a drink will indescribably please not only the cook, but also the guests.
- 0.75 liters of dry red wine
- 3 tablespoons sugar or honey
- 1 medium orange
- a quarter of a lemon
- 1 medium apple
- 5 dried cloves
- 4 peppercorns (allspice and black)
- half a tablespoon of cardamom and nutmeg
- cinnamon on the tip of a knife
- 1 glass of water (200 ml)
How to cook:
- Wash and cut fruit for mulled wine. Bring the water to 50 degrees, then pour spices into it. While stirring, heat the water to 70 degrees, and reduce the heat as much as possible, pour in the wine. After stirring, add sugar, and even better - honey. After that, lower the orange slices into the drink and after 10 minutes, remove from heat.
- Insist under the lid for about 15 minutes and pour into glasses decorated with slices of lemon and apple.
German mulled wine recipe
- 400 ml water
- 100 ml brandy and sugar
- a pinch of cloves and cinnamon
- 700 ml red wine
- 1 lemon
How to cook:
- Pour wine into a container of at least 2 liters, add water, cinnamon, sugar and cloves. Cover the container with a lid and put on fire. Heat to 70 degrees, remove from heat and let it brew for 10 minutes.
- Strain and add cognac. After thorough mixing, you can fill the glasses. Cut the lemon very thinly and lower the resulting circles into glasses.
Mulled wine recipe for colds or hot wine for colds
Need to:
- 6 cloves
- 2 small pieces of ginger root
- 0.5 liters of red table wine
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2-3 tablespoons of honey
- 1 lemon or orange
How to cook:
- Pour 0.5 cups of water into a refractory container, bring to a boil, add cloves and ginger, boil over low heat for 1-2 minutes. Let the broth brew for about 10 minutes.
- Then add wine to it and put it on a small fire again. Bring the temperature of the drink to 70 degrees, then add honey, slices of orange or lemon. To add strength to our hot wine, you can add rum or cognac and pour into glasses.
Hot wine - mulled wine for colds
Winter mulled wine recipe
- 0.5 liters of tea
- 2 cups (400 ml) dry red wine
- a pinch of cloves and cinnamon
How to cook:
Brew strong tea, add wine, cloves and cinnamon to it. Mix everything well, heat under the lid to 70 degrees. Your mulled wine is ready to be poured into cups.
Recipe for homemade mulled wine with nuts
- 5 walnuts (can be substituted if desired)
- 1 orange and lemon
- 750 ml dry red wine
- 3 tablespoons sugar or honey
- some ginger
How to cook:
- Pour wine into a saucepan and place over low heat. Cut the fruit in half, squeeze out the juice and add it to the pan. Pour in finely chopped walnuts(no shell!) and sugar (honey).
- Continuing to heat the mixture, bring it to 70 degrees, then keep the mulled wine under the lid for about 10 minutes, carefully pour into glasses and sprinkle with ginger on top.
Mulled wine recipe "Seal"
- 40 ml white rum
- 500 ml dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon raisins (pitted raisins)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- small piece of lemon zest
- a pinch of ground cinnamon
How to cook:
Pour raisins with rum and hold until swelling. Mix wine and sugar, add cinnamon and lemon zest, raisins and heat to 70 degrees. Remove from heat and let it brew for 5-10 minutes, pour into glasses.
In cold weather, there is perhaps nothing more romantic than coming home from a frosty walk and warming up by the fireplace. While drinking a mug of fragrant mulled wine. In winter, the recipes for this drink are very relevant. You can easily make it yourself at home. Now we will tell you how to cook on your own
Anyone can make such a drink, even a beginner. You can cook it with both red and white wine.
To do this, you need the following ingredients: dry wine of your choice, apple, orange, honey, lemon, cloves and cinnamon. The cooking procedure is as follows:
If it is more convenient for you to visualize the process of brewing such a drink, then in the video below you can see how to brew it according to the method presented in paragraph 1. We hope that in this way you will better understand how to create such a warming drink and easily repeat this process at home.
If you are not a fan of drinking alcohol, then for quick warming up you can cook mulled wine, taking other drinks as a basis, not wine. It can be various juices and tea. There are a huge number of cooking methods, but we will tell you the popular ones, which are based on tea and grape juice.
Mulled wine with grape juice. The taste features of such a drink are most reminiscent of classic mulled wine on wine. It helps to restore nerve cells, strengthen the immune system and reduce the level of fatty acids in the blood. So, you will need: grape juice - 1 liter, cloves - 4 pieces, ginger root - 5 grams, star anise - 2 pieces, cinnamon - a couple of pinches, nutmeg - 1 pinch and lemon. The cooking procedure is as follows:
- Mix all seasonings together in one bowl.
- Cut the lemon into circles and divide into pieces.
- Pour grape juice into a saucepan and send to bask on the stove, but then remove to a boil.
- After the pot with grape juice removed from the stove, you need to add mixed spices and pieces of lemon to it.
- Close the lid so that the drink brews and absorbs the aroma of spices for at least 5 minutes.
- The drink is ready to drink!
By brewing a drink according to this recipe, you get, in fact, tea with the addition of juice and spices. To brew it in this way, you need: black tea - 500 ml, cherry juice - 150 ml, apple juice - 150 ml, 2 cloves, cinnamon stick, lemon slices to your taste.
- Tea prepared for brewing a drink should not be hot, so cool it to room temperature.
- Add cherry to tea apple juice and then cinnamon and cloves.
- Heat the resulting mixture on the stove, but do not let it boil.
- Mulled wine can be served at the table! Also, if you want, throw in a lemon wedge. Best served immediately after cooking.
Mulled wine not only helps to warm up, it can also be used as a prophylaxis against colds by adding hot spices to it. We suggest you brew a cold drink according to the method below.
The composition is as follows: red wine - 1 bottle, a glass of water, sugar - 30 grams, honey - 30 grams, cloves - 7 pieces, ginger - 5 grams, allspice - 3 pieces, a pinch of nutmeg. 
Cooking order:
- First you need to make an infusion of spices. To do this, you need to put all the necessary spices in the Turk, pour them with water and heat on the stove for a couple of minutes. But it is better not to wait for the boil so that the spices retain their properties.
- Pour wine into a container, put it on the stove and heat, but also without waiting for the boil.
- Add sugar and honey.
- Next, you need to pour an infusion of spices into the wine, which was previously prepared in a Turk.
- Boil mulled wine until its temperature reaches 70 degrees.
- Mulled wine for colds is cooked and ready to drink!
Multicookers have become one of the essential household appliances in the kitchen of any housewife. And therefore, many are interested in whether it is possible to make mulled wine in a slow cooker. The answer is - of course you can! We offer you the following option for preparing a warming drink.
For cooking, you need to prepare: wine, lemon, sugar, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. The amount of spices you have the right to determine to your taste. But usually they use a couple of clove flowers, a cinnamon stick, a pinch of nutmeg and 4-5 lemon slices. Sugar is added depending on the wine that is being used. For dessert wine, it is better not to use sugar at all, for semi-sweet - half a glass, and for dry - a whole glass.
In order to make a drink in a slow cooker, you need to put all the ingredients in a bowl and pour wine over it. Then close it and select the desired mode. If your multicooker can set the temperature, then choose 70 degrees. As a rule, it takes 20 minutes to prepare mulled wine. Then you can wait another 20 minutes to infuse or switch to the heating mode. Then ten minutes will be enough time for the drink to brew. Then you can pour the warming mulled wine into mugs and enjoy its amazing taste and aroma.
Mulled wine is a great occasion to gather all your friends at home and pamper them delicious drink handmade. Now we will tell you the simplest recipe mulled wine that you can easily make at home. 
Necessary products: dry red wine - 750 ml, orange juice - 500 ml, orange - 1 piece, cane sugar - half a glass, a couple of cinnamon sticks. Having prepared all the ingredients, you can begin the process of cooking mulled wine:
- Pour into a saucepan Orange juice and wine, add cinnamon to them.
- Then peel the orange. Cut the orange pulp and zest into pieces. Then throw them to wine with juice.
- Put the pan on the stove to heat the drink.
- Then add 100 grams of sugar, mix and wait until the mulled wine is heated.
- Remove the pan from the stove and pour the mulled wine into mugs.
Note that mulled wine is best served in thick glass mugs so that the drink cannot cool down quickly.
We told you the various options for cooking mulled wine with your own hands. As you can see, this is a very interesting and easy process, and it takes about 30 minutes. Have you made your own mulled wine? Is the recipe for cooking at home simple or classic useful? And what are your secrets of the non-alcoholic mulled wine recipe? Leave your opinion or feedback for everyone on the forum.
