Beauty Expert Liz Earle shares her marvellous mulled wine recipe with StyleNest. As tasty as it looks, enjoy a glass or two and enjoy its boosting brain power qualities as well as the mouth-watering taste.
Serves 4-6
Cooking time: 15 – 20 mins
What You’ll Need:
- 2 oranges, organic (or well scrubbed)
- Peel of 1 lemon (organic, un-waxed or well scrubbed)
- 100g caster sugar
- A generous pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
- 3 sticks cinnamon
- 6 cloves, plus extra for garnish
- 2 fresh bay leaves
- 2 bottles of fruity inexpensive red wine, preferably organic
- 500 ml water
- 5 star anise
What To Do:
- Peel and juice one orange into a large saucepan along with the lemon peel, sugar and all the spices apart from the star anise.
- Add just enough water or a little wine to cover the sugar, then simmer gently until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to boil for a few minutes to infuse the spices until you have a sticky syrup.
- Then add the bottles of wine and star anise to the pan and heat gently until warm. Be careful not to let the mulled wine boil at this stage otherwise the alcohol will burn off, together with many of the healthy benefits of red wine!
- Ladle into glasses and decorate with a wedge of orange (studded with a few extra cloves if you wish).
- To make a less alcoholic version, simply add a little more orange juice and water. For a non-alcoholic version, replace the red wine with cranberry juice.
Recipe from Liz Earle, www.lizearlewellbeing.com