Mulled wine, hot wine in the EVENING A damp

Of course, you do not mind a glass of cool wine a hot summer day? And on a cold rainy night? You do not want to go to the fire, sit in the recliner, wrapped in a blanket and take a drink small sips hot, sweet and fragrant, warming body and soul, a drink? In other words, whether you like mulled wine as I love him?

Generally speaking, the mulled wine – it’s just wine, but, so to speak, wine, processed artistically brought to the state dessert, sweetened and flavored spices and nuts, fruits, dried fruits, and besides, drinking hot. Translated from the German mulled wine is - mulled wine , or more precisely, the heated wine,glühender Wein. Historically occurred in northern Europe and is traditionally consumed in Austria, Germany, Great Britain and Scandinavia during the Christmas markets and festivals held in the open air.


FORMULA Mulled Wine

Mulled wine is a classic = + (Water + Sugar + Spice) + Low
Mulled wine + coffee = (water + coffee + sugar) + Low
Mulled wine honey = + (Water + Spices + Honey) + Low
Mulled wine is fortified = + (Water + Sugar + Spice) + Brandy + Low

Ingredients for Mulled Wine

The wine. Mulled wine perfect for dry or semi-dry red wine rather weak.From our can take Khvanchkara Kindzmaraulli, Cahors, Cabernet – any cheap dry red wine. Wines of the Old World will cost you a bit more expensive, and Australian, Chilean, Eastern European wine – a bit less.

Water. Its a very little, only one in which the welded and insist spices and dried fruits. Yet it is what it is slightly diluted wine is obtained, and the classic mulled wine, specifically fortified with cognac or rum – it’s very lightweight, low-alcohol beverage.

Sugar. This ingredient in the ground and mulled wine makes dessert, festive drink. You can create different recipes mulled wine, varying the sugar content in them.

Med. Possible options mulled wine, instead of sugar if you take the honey, which itself has a lot of different flavors and aromas. That is, you get to the creative flexibility.

Spices. Boldly flavored than you can. And can you lot. The aroma is given not only spices but also all kinds of nuts, fruits and dried fruits. Just imagine how many options mulled wine, you can create by mixing various ingredients of dried fruits and spices. In practice, creativity has no limits.

Of coffee. So strong ingredient in mulled wine spices are no longer needed.Coffee completely replaces the spices to suit him just brandy and rum. With coffee, we get a very special mulled wine, the so-called Mocha, mulled wine, extremely tasty and refreshing.

Cognac. Sometimes for the flavor and strength of mulled wine add brandy or rum. Thus fortified, he begins to resemble the grog , but only vaguely, as here brandy and rum – just as the taste and flavor additives, and grog spirits up over a third of the content. Therefore, such a difference in the fortress – mulled wine a little less, 7-10% alcohol, and grog – strong drink, for a real sea dog – up to 15-20%.

The temperature. Mulled wine - a hot drink , but there must train to remember that warm the wine above 70-80 degrees – is prohibited! It just loses its taste, and probably useful qualities.

Mulled wine PREPARATION – a two-step

The first step. First, preparing sweet broth, infusion of spices in very small quantities of water. Putting, for example, Turk – water, sugar, spices, fruits and nuts. Boil for 1-2 minutes, then insist on for 10 more minutes. Try to do not to grind to mulled wine has not turned cloudy.

The second step. Resulting in a Turk sweet flavored brew (slightly cooled down!), Combined with the wine. The entire mixture is heated to 70-80 degrees. Mulled wine is ready, pour your hot drink in a tall glass (no longer to cool down) and garnish with slices of citrus fruit.

Recipes cocktails

Mulled Wine Classic
Mark Turk, sleep in it:
cloves – 6-7 pieces,
nutmeg – 1 tsp,
sugar – 2 tbsp. a spoon.
Pour all the water – 1 / 3 cup,
bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute,
Remove from heat, leave for 10 minutes,
take a pan, pour into it:
wine – 0.75 l,
a little heat,
Pour in the wine content of the Turks,
removed at a temperature of 70-80 degrees,
immediately pour into cups, or
Pour into a ceramic teapot.

Mulled wine coffee
(Mocha, mulled wine)
Cook the strong coffee,
in a saucepan combine:
brewed coffee – 300 ml
dry red wine – 300 ml
sugar – 100 g
brandy – 3 glasses
heat the mixture to 70 degrees,
serve hot.