Mulled white wine with orange juice

MULLED WHITE WINE WITH ORANGE JUICE

Porcijas: 4 Laiks kopā: 20 min

Sastāvdaļas

750 ml dry white wine* 1 apple 2 large oranges 1/2 lemon (sliced) 2 tbsp honey 4 anise stars 1 tsp cloves 4 cinnamon sticks 1/2 cup lingonberries or cranberries + some for decoration 1 tbsp fresh ginger (cut into slices)

Pagatavošana

Squeeze the juice from 1 orange, strain through a fine sieve and pour into a medium size saucepan;
Cut the second orange in half. Then cut one half of orange in a small slices and place in a saucepan, cut other half of orange in a round slices and save it for drink decoration;
Cut the apple into thin slices and place in a saucepan;
Pour the white wine into a saucepan and add all the other ingredients;
Simmer it on a small / medium heat (but don’t ever bring it to the boil, so that alcohol doesn’t evaporate) for about 15 min. Stir it now and then & make sure that the honey is completely dissolved;
Strain mulled wine through a fine sieve in a heat proof glasses. Decorate it with fresh orange slices, fresh lingonberries/cranberries and add some apple slices, cinnamon sticks, anise stars that were heated in a saucepan;
Serve immediately while the drink is hot.

Piezīmes

You can use cheap white wines in this recipe. If you better prefer sweet white wines, use those instead, but then you may need to reduce amount of honey or may not add it at all.

Personally I use German Riesling Trocken type wine, because it has a fresh fruit taste which perfectly goes together with other flavors we use here. And by adding honey, I can control the desired level of sweetness.

If you have a kitchen (food) thermometer, try to heat the wine between 60-70°C, because when you reach ~ 78°C the alcohol from wine will start to evaporate quickly.

Mulled white wine with orange juice