How to prepare mulled wine for New Year and Christmas 2020? TOP-6 step-by-step recipes with photos of cooking at home. Features of cooking. Video recipes.
Nowadays, mulled wine in Europe is considered the most traditional New Year's drink and a real symbol of the Christmas holidays. Without this warming drink based on hot wine with spices, there will be no special festive atmosphere for the New Year 2020. Hot wine, natural spices, fruits, honey … It's very simple, but this simplicity has won the hearts of many gourmets. This warming, aromatic and delicious hot drink will be a great idea not only for celebrating the new year, but also just for family winter evenings. In this review, we will learn how to prepare mulled wine with spices and the secrets of its production, which will make the drink incredibly aromatic.
Mulled wine for the New Year - cooking features
- The main secret of mulled wine is not to let the wine boil; when the first signs of boiling appear, immediately remove the drink from the heat. The permissible heating of the drink should not exceed 70-80 ° C. Otherwise, when boiled, the drink will lose its taste and most of the alcohol content. Therefore, always remember that after the white foam disappears from the surface of the wine, immediately turn off the heat.
- According to the rules established in Germany, the alcohol content in the drink must not be less than 7%.
- Red wines are suitable for preparation, and only dry ones. They can even be budget-friendly. If you want a sweet drink, add sugar or honey to it.
- Use whole spices, because ground will make the drink unclear.
- You can add a variety of spices: cloves, cinnamon, anise, star anise, ginger, black and allspice, cardamom, coriander, saffron, nutmeg, barberry.
- If citrus fruits are used (lemons, oranges, etc.), the top layer of the peel should be removed from the fruit. As citrus fruit growers cover the skin of the fruit with a thin plastic film to prevent spoilage and increase shelf life.
- Heat the wine in a refractory dish, preferably not using metal containers, otherwise the drink may get a characteristic metal taste.
- If hot water is used in the recipe, it should be boiled first. Pour water into spirits carefully along the edge, not just on top.
- Don't ignore the filtering step of the mulled wine, it will look prettier in the glass. And if there are ingredients, they will get into your mouth and prevent you from enjoying the taste of the drink.
- In addition, the remaining fruit with spices in the glass will continue to give the wine a taste, which can make the drink too concentrated and tasteless.
- Traditionally, mulled wine is served in special tall transparent glasses so that it cools down more slowly.
- Mulled wine warms well, so you can take it with you for a walk in the fresh air by pouring it into a thermos. Also, the drink helps with hypothermia, colds, coughs, runny nose, with physical and nervous exhaustion, with depression and insomnia.
- Mulled wine does not withstand cooling, because once heated, the wine loses its aromatic bouquet and taste.
- When the wine is warmed up to the desired temperature, close the pan tightly with a lid and leave the drink to infuse for half an hour. You can cover the pot with a warm blanket to keep it warm. During this time, spices and fruits will give their aromas to the drink.
Classic mulled wine
Spicy and aromatic hot drink with soaked orange and apple slices. Although, through experimentation, you can invent your own signature mulled wine recipe, using any fruits and spices in different proportions.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 325 kcal.
- Servings - 3
- Cooking time - 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Dry red wine - 750 ml
- Spices to taste
- Apples - 2 pcs.
- Hibiscus - 1 tbsp. l.
- Oranges - 2 pcs.
- Honey - 200 g
- Water - 750 ml
- Black tea - 1 tbsp. l.
Making classic mulled wine:
- Bring the water to a boil in advance and brew black tea with hibiscus.
- Pour spices into the water, stir and leave to cool to 75 ° С
- Wash apples and oranges, dry and cut into wedges.
- Combine water with wine and add chopped fruit and honey.
- Place the food on the stove and heat it to 70-80 ° C.
- Remove the pot from the heat and pour the drink into the glasses.
Mulled wine with fruit
Mulled wine with fruit will warm and dispel sad thoughts, and on New Year's Eve will unite the whole friendly company. In the preparation of the drink, you can use fruits and dried fruits to taste: apple and pear slices, lemon and orange slices, raisins, dried apricots, prunes …
Ingredients:
- Dry red wine - 750 ml
- Drinking water - 750 ml
- Carnation - 7 buds
- Cinnamon - 1 stick
- Lemon - 0.5 pcs.
- Dried apricots - 50 g
- Brown sugar - 125 g
- Apples - 1 pc.
- Oranges - 2 pcs.
Preparation of mulled wine with fruits and spices:
- Wash apples, oranges and lemon, dry and cut into slices.
- Pour water into a large saucepan, bring to a boil, add fruit along with dried apricots with spices (cloves, cinnamon) and boil for 10 minutes.
- Pour the wine into a saucepan, add sugar and heat to dissolve, but the wine does not boil.
Mulled wine with spices
Mulled wine with spices is the most aromatic. The composition of the added spices and herbs can be changed to taste. If you don't like the taste of nutmeg or another spice, eliminate it or replace it with another product. After all, the set of spices is large, and the taste of the finished drink will not become poorer and will not deteriorate.
Ingredients:
- Dry red wine - 750 ml
- Badian - 2 stars
- Carnation - 4 buds
- Chili pepper - 3 peas
- Nutmeg - 1 pc.
- Cardamom - 3 seeds
- Cinnamon - 1 stick
- Honey - 3-4 tablespoons
- Lemon zest - with 0.5 fruit
Cooking mulled wine with spices:
- Pour wine into a saucepan, add honey with all the spices and heat over low heat.
- Wash the lemon, cut the zest in the form of a ribbon with a vegetable peeler and send it to the wine.
- Heat the drink to 70 degrees, remove from heat and strain.
Mulled wine for colds
Ease the course of the disease and defeat the first signs of a cold - a fragrant vitamin drink - mulled wine. The main thing is not to add spices in powder form, otherwise the drink will turn out cloudy. Yes, and you will not feel a special aroma. After all, mulled wine should be not only with a spicy taste, but also transparent and with a beautiful color.
Ingredients:
- Dry red wine - 750 ml
- Honey - 4 tablespoons
- Lemon - 0.5 pcs.
- Apples - 1 pc.
- Ginger - 1 cm root
- Carnation - 7 buds
- Cinnamon - 1 stick
- Nutmeg - 1 pc.
- Black pepper - 4 peas
Preparing mulled wine for colds:
- Wash the apple and lemon, dry with a towel and cut into small wedges.
- Peel the ginger and cut into thin slices.
- Pour the wine into a saucepan and add all the spices, with ginger and fruit.
- Heat the wine over medium heat to 70 ° C, stirring occasionally.
- Remove the pan from heat, cover and leave to infuse for half an hour.
- Filter the drink through a fine sieve.
Non-alcoholic mulled wine
Warming and aromatic mulled wine can be made alcohol-free. This drink can be offered to children, pregnant women and people who do not drink alcohol. This elixir can also be drunk for colds, bad moods, for warming …
Ingredients:
- Cherry juice - 1 l
- Carnation - 7 buds
- Cinnamon - 1 stick
- Honey - 1 tablespoon
- Lemon - 0.25
- Orange - 0.25
Preparation of non-alcoholic mulled wine:
- You can make such a soft drink not only with cherry juice. But even on dark grape or apple juice, you can even use hibiscus. So, pour the selected juice into a saucepan, add cinnamon with cloves and simmer.
- Wash orange and lemon, dry, cut into wedges and add to mulled wine.
- Then add honey, stir and leave to infuse over low heat for 5 minutes.
Mulled wine sorbet
New Year's mulled wine sorbet is made according to the recipe of the famous chef Jamie Oliver. This is a wonderful light and tasty winter dessert.
Ingredients:
- Frozen mulled wine - 1 l
- Natural yogurt - 2 tablespoons
Making mulled wine sorbet:
- In order for the wine to freeze, the alcohol must be completely evaporated from it. Therefore, bring mulled wine to a boil and keep for 5 minutes. Then cool completely, transfer to ice cube containers and send to the freezer.
- Remove the ice cubes from the molds and grind lightly with a blender.
- Add yogurt to the ice crumbs and beat until smooth.
- Place the sorbet in small tins and return to the freezer for 15 minutes.
