Name: Mulled wine
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 750 ml red wine; 110 gm caster sugar (½ cup); 2 thin orange slices; 1 thin lemon slice; 1 small red chilli, halved lengthways; 1 cinnamon quill; ½ fresh bay leaf; ½ vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped; ½ tsp black peppercorns; ¼ tsp cloves; 30 ml brandy

Mulled wine

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for mulled wine by April Bloomfield from The Breslin restaurant in New York City.

Serves 4

Prep

10M

Cook

Total

15M

“The chilli and brandy add a kick to this classic English winter drink, perfect for a cold day.”

Ingredients

750 ml red wine

110 gm caster sugar (½ cup)

2 thin orange slices

1 thin lemon slice

1 small red chilli, halved lengthways

1 cinnamon quill

½ fresh bay leaf

½ vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped

½ tsp black peppercorns

¼ tsp cloves

30 ml brandy

Method

Main

1.Combine all ingredients (except brandy) in a saucepan. Bring to just below the boil, stirring to dissolve sugar (3-5 minutes; do not boil or alcohol will cook off). Remove from heat immediately, add brandy and serve hot.

April Bloomfield

Styling by Glen Proebstel