I went traditional this morning and did the annual watching of A Christmas Carol. The Alister Sim version is my favorite although I usually love it in all forms and reread it often.
I moved on to a wonderful Norwegian series on Netflix. It’s called Home for Christmas. Again, it’s the universal theme of girl telling her parents she has a boyfriend when she doesn’t so she needs to find one ASAP so she can bring him to Christmas dinner.
The mugs I orders from EBAY finally arrived. They were stuck in USPS hell for awhile but that isn’t unusual this year. They will be perfect for mulled wine.
Mulled Wine ( Gluhwein)
- Wine don’t need to splurge here assume one bottle adjust accordingly
- 1 cup sugar ( I like to add brown sugar ) the better of worse the wine the less or more sugar may be needed
- 8 cinnamon sticks
- 2 oranges, sliced
- Whole cloves , about a dozen . You can stick them in the orange rind to make it prettier
- 1tbl allspice
- 1/2 cup Brandy
- 2 star anise
- 2 cups orange juice
Pour into pot and simmer tasting as you go, don’t boil.
Of course you could buy some mulling spice to make it easier . Up to you. it’s the enjoyment that matters. I’ve had many many mugs on gluhwein at Christmas markets that were probably not made with this recipe but loved every single one.
