Christmas Daze: Hot Mulled Wine

Hot Mulled Wine By Kate Merker

Serves 8| Hands-On Time: 10m | Total Time: 30m

Ingredients

• 1 navel orange
• 4 cups apple juice
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 2-inch piece fresh ginger, thinly sliced
• 5 whole allspice berries**
• 10 cinnamon sticks
• 1 bottle dry red wine

Directions

1. Using a vegetable peeler, peel the zest from the orange in long strips. (Reserve the fruit for another use.)
2. In a large saucepan, gently simmer the zest, apple juice, honey, ginger, allspice, and 2 cinnamon sticks for 20 minutes. Stir in the wine and cook just until heated through. Serve hot with the remaining cinnamon sticks.

**Substitutions

One teaspoon ground allspice is equivalent to approximate 5 whole berries.
If you need a substitute for allspice combine equal parts of ground cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and black pepper.