Best November recipe: perfect mulled wine from Jamie Oliver
'13.11.2021'
Source: Today
In the cold season there is nothing better than a spicy, warming red wine mulled wine.

The Naked Chef prepares homemade mulled wine in two stages. First, Jamie Oliver brews a thick, spicy syrup from half the wine. Today... Thus, spices, sugar and citrus fruits have time to infuse, and as a result, give the drink a richer taste and aroma.
Then the chef adds the remaining wine and heats it over low heat without bringing it to a boil so that the alcohol does not evaporate.
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Spicy Mulled Wine by Jamie Oliver
Ingredients:
- 2 Clementine
- 1 lemon
- 1 lime
- 200 g small sugar
- 6 clove buds
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 Fresh Bay Leaves
- 1 nutmeg
- 1 vanilla pod
- 2 anise stars
- 2 bottles of Chianti or another Italian red wine
Recipe:
- Wash and dry all citrus fruits. Using a peeler, cut off strips of peel.
- Heat a large saucepan over medium heat, add citrus peels and squeeze the juice from the clementines.
- Add cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves, and a pinch of grated nutmeg. Cut the vanilla pod in half lengthways and place in the saucepan. Then pour in enough red wine to cover the sugar.
- Simmer until the sugar is completely dissolved in the red wine, then bring to a boil. Continue simmering over low heat for 4-5 minutes until you have a nice thick syrup.
- Reduce the heat to low, add star anise and the remaining wine. Heat it for 5 minutes on low heat.
- Filter the finished mulled wine and pour into heat-resistant glasses.
Enjoy it!