By sipping different mulled wines, you can extend the mulled wine season. Traditional, sweet and spicy mulled wine may start to become dull in a few weeks.
This citrus mulled wine brings a nice change to Christmas time drinks. MARI MOILANEN
In this more acidic mulled wine, the aroma of citrus is combined with the fun twist of coriander seeds.
A slice of dried orange is slipped into the three-citrus mulled wine. These are sold at a rather salty price in supermarkets, so if you have time, you should prepare the slices yourself.
The fastest way to do this is in a vegetable dehydrator, but you can also use the oven.
Do like this
Fruit slices from oranges to decorate drinks and decorate gift packages are created easily.
1. Cut the fruit into thin slices and put the slices on a baking sheet on baking paper in a convection oven at 65 degrees.
2. When the fruit has dried out a little, i.e. no more liquid drips from it, move the slices onto a wire rack.
3. Depending on their juiciness, the oranges dry in the oven in about four hours. Low heat preserves the fresh tone of the fruit.
You can dry, for example, citrus fruits, pears, apples and pineapple rings in this way.
Dried orange slices are beautiful decorations. MARI MOILANEN
Tips for making mulled wine
A slightly sweeter white wine is better suited to mulled drinks than dry rum. A small amount of sugar in the wine brings the desired sweetness, and the taste of the mulled wine becomes round and soft. Semi-dry, German Blitz Riesling, €10.99, was used in this mulled wine.
Choose organic products for fruits and wash their skins carefully.
With three citrus mulled wine, it is suitable to serve small, Christmas salted pieces, such as salty Christmas tarts or various pasties.
Three citrus mulled wine
(about 1 liter)
Peel and juice of 1 orange
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
Peel and juice of 1 tangerine
1 dl cane sugar
0.5 tsp coriander seeds
0.5 tsp fennel seeds
1 bottle (7.5 dl) of semi-dry white wine
For decoration:
dried orange slices
1. Wash the fruit well and thinly peel the skin of the fruit with a paring knife. Squeeze the fruit juice into the pot and add cane sugar and spices.
2. Measure two deciliters of white wine into the pot and let it boil slowly for about 10–15 minutes. Allow to cool and prepare for the next day.
3. The next day, strain the mixture, add the rest of the white wine and cook slowly for about 20 minutes. Pour the mulled wine into the glasses and decorate the mulled wine with dried orange slices.