Ronnie's Notes
Mulled wine tastes and smells wonderful on a cold, wintry day.
Tips: What Is It? You need a nonreactive saucepan because the acid in the wine could corrode metals that react with acid. Stainless steel, glass, ceramic, and porcelain are nonreactive materials that will not corrode.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Instructions
Combine the wine, water, sugar, currants, golden raisins, half orange, half lemon, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and allspice in a stainless steel, enameled, or other nonreactive saucepan.
Simmer for .
Strain the liquid into a chafing dish or other heated serving vessel.
(Alternatively, you may combine the cinnamon sticks, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice in a small muslin pouch or a piece of cheesecloth tied with kitchen string or a bag tie, and immerse the bag into the liquid, removing the bag to strain the brew.) Garnish the beverage with a few orange slices.