Seema Pinto

Mulled wine

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Ingredients
. 1 litre semi dry red wine 
. 25 to 30 gm brown sugar
. 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
. 1 tbsp molasses
. 50 gm cranberries
. 1 fresh orange
. 1 apple, sliced
. 2 cinnamon sticks (one inch)
. 2 star anise
. 1 full vanilla bean
. 3 cloves
. 3 black peppercorns

Method
Pour the red wine into a heavy-bottomed steel vessel. Add brown sugar and the rest of the ingredients. Squeeze the juice from the orange into the vessel; add the rind and the fruit. Slice the apple and add it in. Warm the mixture over medium heat for about five to seven minutes, stirring slowly. When you see the mixture breaking into small bubbles, reduce the heat to a minimum; do not boil, let it simmer. Continue cooking over very low heat for seven to 10 minutes. Switch off the gas, and leave the wine to cool and soak in the spices and juices for at least six to eight hours. Strain the mix with a colander; use a steel mesh strainer with a muslin cloth over it, so that there is minimum residue. Serve warm or chilled depending on the Mumbai weather. If serving warm, garnish with a stick of cinnamon before serving, as it will infuse more flavour. Store in air-tight glass bottles; it can last for over six months, if refrigerated.

Order in

. Seema Pinto is taking orders for 750-ml bottles till December 15.
Call 9821136661 
Cost Rs 2,400

. The Table and Mag St Bread Co are offering bottles of 750 ml.
Call 9137126325 
Cost Rs 3,000

. Try a DIY mulled wine kit by Craft Cocktail Company.
Log on to @craft.cocktail.company on Instagram  
Cost Rs 1,299

. For a taste of Goan mulled wine, try Sylvia Rodrigues’s version that she will ship to Mumbai.
Call 9819649510 
Cost Rs 1,000 onwards for 750 ml