John Besh - Hot Spiced Wine
From deliathecrone 17 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 12
Red wine and kirsch (a brandy made from cherries) are the base for this delicious seasonal drink, which is laced with citrus and warming spices like cinnamon, cardamom and black pepper.
Ingredients
- 2 bottles light-bodied red wine shopping list
- 1 1/4 cups sugar shopping list
- Zest of 1 orange shopping list
- Zest of 1 lemon shopping list
- 3 black peppercorns, crushed shopping list
- 2 cardamom pods, crushed shopping list
- One 3-inch cinnamon stick, crushed shopping list
- 1 clove, crushed shopping list
- 1/2 cup kirsch shopping list
How to make it
- In a large saucepan, combine the red wine with the sugar and the orange and lemon zests.
- Put the spices in a tea ball and add to the saucepan.
- Bring the wine to a very slow simmer over moderate heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
- Remove from the heat, discard the tea ball and stir in the kirsch.
- Ladle the spiced wine into heatproof glasses and serve at once.
- MAKE AHEAD
- The spiced wine can be kept overnight at room temperature.
- Reheat before serving.
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My husband and I love it! I make this all the time. It's a great way to use wine that is otherwise not as pleasing as you would like.
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I know this is good.
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