Freeze on the street or catching a cold? Prepare a glass of fragrant citrus mulled wine, and it will definitely warm you and help you heal.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
What is mulled wine, and even citrus? It is a hot, aromatic and warming drink made from red or white dry warmed wine with the addition of all kinds of spices, spices and fruits. Cinnamon sticks and clove buds are most often used as additives. In the proposed version - citrus mulled wine. The taste of the drink is richer, because he has collected the best qualities of fruits in himself.
Slices of lemons and oranges were used for its preparation. In addition, if you are very fond of the citrus taste, you can additionally squeeze juice from these fruits or grate the zest. This will give the mulled wine an even more subtle flavor. You can also add freshly squeezed "fresh" and good quality packaged juices to the drink, as well as all kinds of citrus-based liqueurs and liqueurs. Mulled wine is drunk only hot, while it smells fragrant with a flavor bouquet.
The popularity of citrus drinks is not unfounded. It is known that they belong to the number "1" products in the fight against colds and autumn-winter blues, because contain a large amount of vitamins A, B and C. In general, lemons, oranges and tangerines are considered a strong antioxidant agent with a tonic effect. They saturate the body with powerful minerals and play one of the first roles in the general anti-cold effect.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 80 kcal.
- Servings - 1 liter
- Cooking time - 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- Dry red wine - 1 l
- Orange - 4-6 slices
- Lemon - 2-4 wedges
- Apple - 1/2 pc.
- Ginger root - 1 cm
- Cinnamon stick - 1 pc.
- Allspice peas - 4-5 pcs.
- Carnation - 2 buds
Citrus mulled wine preparation
1. Pour the wine into a saucepan and dip allspice, cinnamon stick and clove buds into it.
2. Peel and cut the ginger into 2 pieces.
3. Wash the apple, remove the core and divide into 2 parts.
4. Wash the lemon and cut off 1/6 of it. Although if you like citrus notes, you can put more lemon.
5. Wash the orange, dry it and also cut off a couple of slices from it.
6. Dip lemon, orange, apple and ginger slices into the wine. Send the pot to the stove. Heat the wine to 70–80 ° C and remove it from the stove. Wrap citrus mulled wine in a warm blanket or pour it into a thermos and leave for 10-15 minutes. After that, the drink can be poured into glasses and start tasting.
See also the video recipe on how to make your own mulled wine in the Caribbean:
