Vin Chaud Recipe (French Mulled Wine for Winter)
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 193.5kcal
Ingredients
- ¾ cup apple cider
- ½ cup fresh orange juice or 2 large or 8 small oranges, juiced
- ½ cup organic cane sugar
- 5 green cardamom pods slightly crushed
- 4 whole cloves
- 3 star anise
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 bottle red wine young and fruity
- Orange slices garnish, or cinnamon sticks
Instructions
- Heat a large saucepan on medium heat. Add apple cider, orange juice, organic cane sugar, cardamom pods, cloves, star anise, and cinnamon sticks. Occasionally stir to dissolve the sugar.
- Once the sugar has dissolved, add the red wine and reduce the heat to low or low-medium heat. Simmer for 20 minutes. You should see steam rising and occasional gentle bubbling. It should not boil.
- Strain the vin chaud in a fine-meshed strainer. Serve warm in mugs or glasses with handles, garnished with orange slices, star anise, or cinnamon sticks. Enjoy!
Notes
- Refrigerate any leftover vin chaud; strain first. Reheat before serving, on low to medium heat on the range.
- Do not boil the vin chaud.
