Mulling Syrup For Wine

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g golden caster sugar
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 12 juniper berries
• 6 -9 whole cloves
• 3/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons grand marnier

Recipe

• 1 put all the ingredients into a large pan with 900ml or 1 1/2 pints of water.
• 2 heat the mixture very gently to dissolve the sugar slowly, then boil for five minutes.
• 3 leave to cool in the pan.
• 4 sterilise a funnel by pouring boiling water over it, then use to divide the mulling syrup among three sterilised bottles (300ml or 10 fl oz each).
• 5 divide the cinnamon sticks and juniper berries among the bottles.
• 6 seal and store for up to two months.
• 7 when ready to serve, pour the syrup into a pan, add three slices each of orange and lemon, plus a bottle of medium red wine.
• 8 warm through.