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Before we find out how to make the perfect mulled wine and what ingredients we should use. Let’s answer the main question. What is Mulled Wine? Mulled wine is a warmed drink, usually made with red wine. It’s lightly sweetened, and flavoured with mulling spices, and fresh berries. Once it’s warm and spiced, it’s so delicious!
Mulled wine originated in the 2nd century. It was created by the Romans who would heat wine to defend their bodies against the cold winter. As the Romans conquered much of Europe throughout the next century, their love for mulled wine spread across their empire and the regions they traded with.
As its popularity continued to grow throughout the middle ages, Europeans would mix heated wine with spices because they believed it would promote health and avoid sickness. They would also use herbs and flowers as natural sweeteners to make unpalatable wines taste a lot nicer.
To this day, mulled wine continues to be a Christmas tradition.
Red wine: The best red wine to use for mulled wine is Cabernet, Merlot, Zinfandel, Grenache, or even a red blend. These wines are dark, fruity and full bodied, which means they can support all of the flavours we’ll be adding.
Maple syrup: This is the most natural and delicious way to lightly sweeten this warm drink! Pure maple syrup from a tree is the best choice. Instead, you can also use honey, agave syrup or brown sugar.
Orange slices: Oranges are in season in the winter and they add a refreshing and full taste to this mulled wine recipe. Some people also add a little orange juice.
Ceylon Cinnamon sticks: Compared to the more common Cassia Cinnamon, Ceylon Cinnamon is less spicy and more complex, subtle, fragrant and citrusy. Ceylon Cinnamon is known as true cinnamon.
Whole cloves: There is no better spice than whole cloves to warm up a drink for a winter’s night! Clove is often described as being spicy and sweet, but with a warm and woodsy foundation. Often, it can even have a fruit top note that further lends to the sweetness.
Allspice berries: Allspice tastes like a combination of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg, which adds amazing depth to warmed wine! Ground allspice is slightly bitter, earthy, and fruity.
Cardamom pods: Cardamom has a strong, pungent aroma and a flavour that is warm, sweet, and spicy with notes of lemon, smoke and mint.
Star anise: This whole spice looks like a star, hence its name. They are popular to use in mulled wine recipes. Star anise has a licorice-like flavour.
Dried orange peel – dried orange peel is a fast and easy way to include the orange citrus flavours to anywhere you need to
Bay leaf – When the bay leaf is infused into cooking liquid, an almost minty flavour (somewhere between spearmint and menthol) develops, with subtle hints of black pepper and Christmas tree pine.
We made a complete set of mulled wine spices; you can buy a gift box for yourself or your loved ones to make Christmas even more magical. The mulled wine spice kit link is here.
Or if you’re looking for something smaller, like a sample or tester tube, we’ve got those for you too. Just click here and order it straight from my site 🙂 The tube is filled with just the right amount of mulled spices you need to make the perfect mulled wine!
Recipe:
12 cardamom pods 8 Allspice whole
10 cloves a spoonful of orange peel
1 star anise 60 g of brown sugar
1 cinnamon stick a bottle of wine
First, pour the whole bottle of wine into the pot. Then add the maple syrup and orange slices.
Next, add all of the mulling spices to the wine in the pot including bay leaf, dried orange peel, Ceylon cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice berries, cardamom pods, and star anise.
Set the pot to medium heat and keep an eye on the pot so the wine doesn’t boil. When it first begins signs of simmering, turn the stove heat to low. After 15 minutes sweeten to your taste add. Now you are ready to serve!
Strain or scoop out the mulling spices and oranges from the warm mulled wine. Using a ladle, pour the spiced mulled wine into mugs and garnish with fresh orange slice if preferred.
Keep the mulled wine out of the stove and heat it up when need another mug. Make sure it never boils!
