Mulled wine kit

Mulled wine kit

A lovely homemade gift for wine lovers

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Preperation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 5 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Put the muslin on a flat surface and tip the sugar, ginger and nutmeg into the centre. Tie into a pouch with fine string and attach to the neck of the wine bottle. Then attach the cinnamon stick to the bottle with a little raffia.
  2. Stick the cloves into the orange and pack into a box lined with raffia or shredded paper, with the wine.
  3. Tie a label to the wine bottle with the following instructions: 'Tip the contents of the muslin bag into a pan with the wine, orange, cinnamon stick and 300ml/½pt water. Simmer for 5 mins, then serve.'
Try

Make ahead

Kit keeps for 1 week with the orange, 6 weeks without, so add the orange later if you are making ahead.

Which wine?

You can use whatever wine you fancy for this - a smooth shiraz always works well.

Presentation

Tie the spice mix for the mulled wine kit in some butter muslin.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, Vegetarian Christmas 2006.

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  • Binder photo Mel

    07 November 2007

    Mel rated this recipe

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  • 23 November 2007

    fiona rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great make for raffle prize for school xmas fayre - excellent idea - minutes to put together. Florist wrapped it all up nicely for me!!!

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  • 13 December 2007

    disney1860 commented on this recipe

    I havent had a chance to try it out yet but I am really looking forward to giving it as a gift... :o)

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  • 21 November 2008

    Pam's rated and commented on this recipe

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    I gave these to friends last year and they are still talking about what a nice gift to recieve, and we are nearly at Christmas again, so easy to do. This year they will recieve a bottle of spiced Arancello and a bag of Fruity Christmas Biscotti, I hope these go down as well as the Mulled wine Kit.

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  • 24 November 2008

    Mdm. La Chef rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made a lot of these for Christmas 2007. I covered shoe boxes with Christmas wrapping paper and made fancy tags with the instructions written on. Something so simple, inexpensive as you want to make it, well presented, traditional, useful, easy to do - went down well with all that received it last year. My efforts last year to make presents (all ideas from Good Food) impressed all that received, and gave all the incentive to have a go this year. Isn't that what Christmas is all about? Get in your kitchen this year, never mind fighting your way around the shops!!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Preperation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 25 mins

Cook time

Cook 5 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Original gift for friends

Ingredients

  • 25cm square butter muslin (available from department & hardware stores)
  • 85g demerara sugar
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 70cl bottle red wine
  • 8 - 12 cloves
  • 1 orange
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