| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 11 min |
| Prep: | 5 min |
| Cook: | 6 min |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 handful juniper berries
- 1 handful allspice berries
- 1 whole nutmeg
- Magnum of zinfandel (or 2 standard bottles of zinfandel)
- 1 cup sugar in the raw
- Peel from 1/2 an orange
Instructions
- Combine cinnamon, juniper, allspice and nutmeg in a cheesecloth bag and drop in a saucepan with a quarter of the wine. Add the sugar and orange peel. Simmer to blend flavors, about 6 minutes. Once heated, add the remaining wine and return to a simmer. Remove spice bag and orange peel and serve.
- If transporting in a thermos, heat thermos up with hot water to get it warm for 1 minute. Pour water out and fill with mulled wine.
Reviews
normally i love chiarello’s recipes, and being italian, i LOVE my red wine. but wow, this has a serious amount of sugar. the spices smell fabulous and wintery, but next time, i think i’ll try half the sugar. otherwise, it’s almost not drinkable! way too sweet…
This is SUCH a winner. I make this every year for my Christmas parties and it’s always a huge hit. Delicious. Almost as good as the real thing in France :
It warms you from head to toe! The spices are wonderful!
I don’t like wine, but add all this stuff to it and it’s GOOD! And it smells amazing. If you leave it simmering on the stove or in a crockpot, your house will smell festive.
I got a zin but found it too dry. I guess some more direction on the wine would be helpful, as that’s the key ingredient.
Wow, this was amazing!! I am a huge fan of spiced wine, we always buy it, serve it and drink it over the holidays. I decided to try making one myself. This was the PERFECT combination of spices. It was so balanced and delicious. I used Woodbridge Red zifandel by Robert Mondavi. I also let it get warm and then left it sit and steep for a while. I would recommend this to everyone!!! Enjoy!!