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    Mulled Wine

    Published: Dec 17, 2012 / 6 Comments

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    Mulled Red Wine - spiced, warm drink that is made with red wine and spices. Perfect for cold Winter nights. Spices include cinnamon, whole cloves, nutmeg, lemon peel.

    Mulled wine

    Cold winter night + hot spiced wine has been an inseparable combination for me as of late, since I discovered mulled wine (or, Gluhwein, as it is called in German) several years ago. Mulled wine is a traditional winter drink popular in Europe around the holidays. It is also a very popular cocktail at Hanukkah parties. It's surprisingly easy to prepare mulled wine at home, all you have to do is to heat red wine and spice it up with Cinnamon sticks, cloves, orange or lemon peel, sugar and other spices. Comforting hot drink for a cold winter night is ready!

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    Mulled red wine with spices, Christmas, holidays

    placing sugar spices and lemon peel in the pan

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    mulled wine
    5 from 1 vote

    Mulled Wine

    Mulled Red Wine - spiced, warm drink that is made with red wine and spices.  Perfect for cold Winter nights.  Spices include cinnamon, whole cloves, nutmeg, lemon peel. 
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 30 mins
    Course Drinks
    Cuisine European
    Servings 10 people
    Author: Julia

    Ingredients

    • â…” cups white sugar
    • 1 cinnamon stick
    • 12 whole cloves
    • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
    • peel of 1 lemon
    • 750 ml red wine (1 bottle)
    • â…“ cup water
    • juice squeezed from half lemon

    Instructions 

    • Place sugar, cinnamon stick, cloves, nutmeg and lemon peel in a large sauce pan. Pour â…“ cup wine over it (just to cover it) plus â…“ cup water. Squeeze juice of half a lemon on top. Bring to boil, mix all ingredients well, making sure all sugar dissolves.
    • Simmer on low boil, covered, for 15 minutes (to infuse all flavors together), until the liquid reduces in about half and the syrup forms. The boiling syrup will have a lot of small bubbles and will be visibly reduced. At that point, pour the rest of the bottle of wine, bring the whole mixture almost to boil, mixing well. Just as the mixture is about to boil, turn off heat and let it sit covered for about 1 hour to further infuse flavors.
    • After 1 hour, sift the liquid to get rid of cloves, lemon peel, etc. Gently warm up without boiling and serve.

    The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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    1. Aunt Clara

      December 25, 2012 at 9:30 am

      Glogg is also very popular in Denmark (where my husbad is from), I loved it. I made it once here at home, but most days, even in the winter, it's too warm to drink a warm alcoholic drink. Think headache.

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      • Julia

        December 27, 2012 at 4:35 pm

        I agree - this is a drink for a cold winter night, with snow outside. No snow - no Glogg. 🙂

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    2. Baltic Maid

      December 20, 2012 at 11:48 pm

      Glühwein reminds me of the Christmas markets in Germany. Walking from booth to booth on a cold winter night with Christmas music playing everywhere. Traditional handmade crafts are sold. Rides for the kids and adults... and of course, the delicious food. Glühwein is inseparable with Christmas markets for me. Like you said, it will warm you on a freezing cold night. And the smell is just delicious... Thank you for sharing this recipe.

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      • Julia

        December 27, 2012 at 4:34 pm

        My friends from Europe said the same thing to me that Gluhwein is just sold on the streets in the winter in the similar way that you can get hot apple cider here in the US, just walking from store to store in the winter towns...

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    3. Ashley

      December 18, 2012 at 7:06 am

      I need to give this a try. My husband has been talking about making mulled wine for years now but we've just never done it!

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      • Julia

        December 27, 2012 at 4:32 pm

        Definitely worth it!

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