Feeling Festive...

I've taken this recipe for Mulled Wine from Nigela Lawson’s Christmas Recipes. Enjoy this perfect beverage for Christmas time with steaming mince pies as a festive treat.

Mulled Wine

Taken from...
How to Be a Domestic Goddess

1 bottle red wine
60ml (4 tablespoons) dark rum
125ml Earl Grey tea
1 tablespoon dark muscovado sugar
1 orange, quartered, each quarter stuck with 1 clove
1 star anise
2 cinnamon sticks
1 tablespoon honey

Put all the ingredients in a saucepan, bring almost to the boil, but before the aromatic wine actually boils, turn down to the lowest possible heat and keep it warm as you ladle it into any nearby glass.

VARIATION
If you need to make mulled wine that isn't really mulled wine because you have to provide drink that's non-alcoholic (as I had to do for the Christmas fair at my daughter's school last year) then you can substitute a bottle of red grape juice for the wine, half a bottle of rum flavouring (I'm sorry) for the rum.

To make your Mulled Wine try using the new Flameware range by Nigella Lawson herself. For also cooking casseroles or stews, the versatile and elegant shape of this product allows you to take it straight from the oven to the table.