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You may need to alter the amount of sugar you use depending on how sweet the orange juice you use is. Just be careful that you do not allow the mixture to boil or you’ll cook off the alcohol and ruin the appearance of the lemon and orange slices.
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
1 bottle red wine
1 pint / 600ml freshly squeezed orange juice
2-3oz / 50-75g caster sugar
2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half
12 whole cloves
6 whole star anise
1 lemon, halved and sliced
1 orange, halved and sliced
Method
Place the wine in a pan with the orange juice, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and star anise, lemon and orange slices and heat gently for about 5 minutes to allow the flavours to combine, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has dissolved.
To Serve
Ladle the mulled wine into heatproof glasses, making sure that some of the orange and lemon slices go into each one.
Tip
Christmas is one of those celebrations when children are the heart of the event. Replace the wine with sparkling red grape juice so that everyone can enjoy this yummy drink equally.
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