Great as a hot toddy at Christmas, but the mulled wine is also ideal to poach fruits in, such as apples, pears or plums.
Ingredients:
1 bottle red cooking wine
50ml peach Schnapps
250ml orange juice
5g star anise
3g whole cloves
1 sprig of fresh thyme
1 bay leaf
1g juniper berries
1 cinnamon stick
1 cardamom pod
100ml water
100g caster sugar
Method:
Place all the ingredients in a large saucepan and bring to the boil.
Simmer gently for 15-20 minutes.
Pass the mulled wine through a fine sieve and serve.
Recipe by Adam Gray, co-owner of the Red Lion at East Haddon.