Hot Spiced Mulled Wine

8 people

DRINKS

Ina Garten Go-To Dinners (p. 33)

Ingredients

Orange - 1

Apple cider - 4 cups

Honey - 14 cup

Cinnamon sticks - 2

Dried cloves - 8

Dried whole star anise - 4

Spicy red wine - 1 bottle

Prep

Orange - carefully peel long strips of orange, avoiding the white pith and set aside and then juice the entire orange

Instructions

Place the orange juice into a saucepan.

Add the apple cider, wine, honey, cinnamon sticks, clove and star anise to the pan along with 4 of the orange peel strips.

Bring the mixture to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 10 miutes. Strain into a heatproof glass or mugs and garnish each drink with an orange peel. Serve hot.