Winter is coming, still drinking cold wine? Try making your own heart-warming hot bar!
winter is coming. it’s a perfect idea to make yourself a glass of mulled wine! this passage will show you how to do it.
We usually drink wine like to maintain a certain low temperature, the wine serving temperature is generally about ten degrees, so as to better retain the aroma and flavor of the wine. However, every winter, many people do not like to drink cold wine, so the way of drinking wine by heating up is born.
Mulled wine is not a fixed alcoholic beverage and can be called and practiced differently in different places: in the United Kingdom, hot wine is generally made from red wine with orange peel, cloves, cinnamon strips and sugar; in Germany and Austria, people refer to hot wine as gluhwein, which is made from red wine mixed with fresh orange juice and rum; Hungarian spice hot drinking (forralt bor) with sweet white wine produced in the country, It is made with condiments such as honey and spices; Sweden's glogg drinking is also very popular, and its ingredients include raisins, almonds, cardamom, muscatel, port and brandy.
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A warm glass of hot wine in winter can make people feel happy. Now there are some pre-prepared hot wines on the market, and people just need to buy them and heat themselves at home. However, if you want to concoct a more freewheeling and flavorful hot wine, it's definitely a good idea to make it yourself at home, and everyone can do it.
Give it a try, just follow the steps provided below to do it:
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1. First, pour a bottle of red wine into a saucepan, preferably with a cheap blend of dry red wine.
2. Then, add 6 cloves, 4 star anise, 2 cinnamon sticks and about 1/4 cup brown sugar to the saucepan. In addition, you can add other spices as needed, such as juniper nuts and cardamom and so on.
3. Simmer over low heat and stir appropriately. Too large a fire can easily cause the alcohol in red wine to volatilize quickly, and may release some bitter substances in the spices, destroying the taste of mulled red wine.
4. When the wine slowly gets hot, take an orange slice and put it in the wine and continue to simmer for about 10 minutes.
5. Finally, pour the liquor into a glass and drink it hot. To add to the mood, you can also hang an orange on the mouth of the glass to make the cup look more pleasing to the eye.
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In addition to the above preparation steps, you can make different flavors of hot wine according to your ideas, and create a custom exclusive hot drink. Here are some suggestions that can help and inspire you:
1. If you want the hot wine to taste sweeter, you can add more sugar to the stew process.
2. In addition to adding sugar, try the different flavors that honey and agave syrup bring.
3. Like sugar, the amount of spices can be adjusted to your liking until you find your "best match".
4. Oranges can be replaced with slices of fruits such as lemons, pears, and apples for a more varied flavor.
5. When simmering, you can add brandy or rum to the liquor to enhance the layering of the hot wine.
6. If you follow the British tradition, you can choose to replace the dry red wine with port wine, so that there is no need to add sugar later.
7. If it is german custom, it is also possible to use cider (such as blueberry wine) instead of dry red wine.
8. Consider adding dried fruits such as raisins, blackcurrants, and figs.
In short, making a heart-warming hot wine at home in winter is a happy thing, so try a fun and warm hot bar! (Text/luke)