Mulled wine spice mix

Serves: 6
Course: Drinks
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Prep Time: 10 mins
Ingredients
  • 85g demerara sugar
  • 1tsp ground ginger
  • ½tsp ground nutmeg
  • ½tsp cinnamon
  • 8 cloves
  • 1 pinch fennel seeds
  • 4 slices dried orange
  • 1 bottle red wine, I use shiraz
  1. Mix the sugar with the spices in a jar and shake to combine. Place the orange slices on top.
  2. To make the mulled wine, tip the contents of the jar into a muslin bag or cloth and gather up the corners. Simmer gently in red wine until just warm enough to drink. Be careful not to let it boil.
Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a food writer