Slow cooker mulled wine
This easy slow cooker mulled wine recipe can be made while you get on with trimming the tree and decorating the house. All you need is half a bottle of wine, a handful of spices and some citrus fruit.
Ingredients
- ½ bottle red wine
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 star anise
- 2 cloves
- 1 orange, sliced
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 50²µ/1¾´Ç³ú brown sugar
Method
Combine all the ingredients in your slow cooker and cook on low until warm (1-2 hours, depending on your slow cooker). Alternatively, place all of the ingredients into a saucepan and simmer gently for 6-8 minutes, without boiling.
To serve, pour the mulled wine into heatproof glasses.
Recipe Tips
If you're having a party this Christmas, you can double or quadruple the wine and sugar quantities but leave the rest the same. Making mulled wine in the slow-cooker is completely hands off, but do give it a couple of hours to heat up. (You could start it in a pan and transfer to the slow cooker to keep it at the perfect temperature all evening.)