Post by Loupy on Nov 19, 2010 16:21:52 GMT -7
Slow Cooker Mulled wine
This recipe is part of Oprah.com's Holiday Food Blogger Roundup.
This serves 6 to 8 conservatively.
Double or triple recipe for a large crowd.
Ingredients:
--2 bottles dry red wine (Merlot, Zinfandel or Cabernet Sauvignon)
--1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice (about 3 oranges)
--2 more oranges (one to float on top, and one for garnish wedges)
--3/4 cup white sugar
--1/4 tsp allspice
--1/4 tsp cinnamon
--4 cinnamon sticks
--4 whole cloves
The Directions.
Use a 6 quart crockpot or larger.
Open the wine. This was really very hard for me. I need one of those fancy wine opener thingies. It seriously took a good twenty minutes for me to open one of the bottles, and I got all sweaty and frustrated. ugh.
Squeeze the oranges to get 1 cup of juice. I'm sure you could get away with using store-bought juice, but the pulp floating around is what's kind of neat about mulled wine; it's more rustic this way. And oranges are in season.
Stir in the sugar, and add the ground spices. Float the cinnamon sticks and whole cloves on top. Slice one of the oranges in rings, and float the rings on top.
Cover and cook on high for 2 hours, or on low for 4.
You want the wine to get as hot as a traditional hot beverage.
Ladle into mugs, avoid the cloves and cinnamon sticks, and serve with a fresh orange wedge.
When serving, leave the lid off and the crockpot but keep it on low to maintain the heat..
This recipe is part of Oprah.com's Holiday Food Blogger Roundup.
This serves 6 to 8 conservatively.
Double or triple recipe for a large crowd.
Ingredients:
--2 bottles dry red wine (Merlot, Zinfandel or Cabernet Sauvignon)
--1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice (about 3 oranges)
--2 more oranges (one to float on top, and one for garnish wedges)
--3/4 cup white sugar
--1/4 tsp allspice
--1/4 tsp cinnamon
--4 cinnamon sticks
--4 whole cloves
The Directions.
Use a 6 quart crockpot or larger.
Open the wine. This was really very hard for me. I need one of those fancy wine opener thingies. It seriously took a good twenty minutes for me to open one of the bottles, and I got all sweaty and frustrated. ugh.
Squeeze the oranges to get 1 cup of juice. I'm sure you could get away with using store-bought juice, but the pulp floating around is what's kind of neat about mulled wine; it's more rustic this way. And oranges are in season.
Stir in the sugar, and add the ground spices. Float the cinnamon sticks and whole cloves on top. Slice one of the oranges in rings, and float the rings on top.
Cover and cook on high for 2 hours, or on low for 4.
You want the wine to get as hot as a traditional hot beverage.
Ladle into mugs, avoid the cloves and cinnamon sticks, and serve with a fresh orange wedge.
When serving, leave the lid off and the crockpot but keep it on low to maintain the heat..
