My goodness it dropped in temperature quickly! It feels like we went straight from September weather to December weather. Luckily, I have the perfect warm drink to keep you toasty. This is a (probably) oversimplified version of a drink my aunt and uncle always have at their house for the holidays: Wassail. It’s basically a mulled wine that warms you up from the inside out. I’ve been thinking about Wassail since the change in temperature so I decided to make a quick batch with things I already had in my house.
Ingredients:
1 bottle red wine (I used a red zin)
2 cinnamon sticks
3 whole cloves
5 allspice berries
1 orange
2 oz whiskey
1 oz triple sec
1/4 cup brown sugar
I like using the slow cooker so that I don’t accidentally boil the wine. This recipe can be multiplied as needed, it cooks down a bit so one bottle of wine renders about 3 glasses.
Add the bottle of wine, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, and allspice berries to the slow cooker.
Cut the orange in half. Squeeze 1/2 of the orange into the slow cooker. Slice the other half into thin slices and throw in the slow cooker.
Add 1 oz triple sec. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours.
Wait anxiously as the smell of your kitchen wafts throughout your house, smelling like the best potpourri ever.
After three hours, mix in the whiskey and the brown sugar. Spoon out the wine into glasses making sure to not include any of the whole spices. (You can use a slotted spoon to remove the cinnamon, cloves, and berries before pouring).
Ah. Tastes like the holidays. The spices leave a nice subtle flavor to your wine. The orange juice leaves behind some pulp adding a bit of a rustic feel to the drink. Because the wine cooks down, the flavor can be a bit stringent if you don’t mix in the brown sugar, but feel free to add as little or as much as you want.
This is a great drink for guests on a cold night because you can just throw the ingredients into the slow cooker, keep it on warm after 3 hours, and ladle out as needed.
Slow Cooker Mulled Wine
Ingredients
- 1 bottle red wine
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 3 whole cloves
- 5 allspice berries
- 1 orange
- 2 oz whiskey
- 1 oz triple sec
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Add the bottle of wine, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, and allspice berries to the slow cooker.
- Cut the orange in half. Squeeze ½ of the orange into the slow cooker. Slice the other half into thin slices and throw in the slow cooker.
- Add 1 oz triple sec. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours.
- After three hours, mix in the whiskey and the brown sugar.
- Spoon out the wine into glasses making sure to not include any of the whole spices. (You can use a slotted spoon to remove the cinnamon, cloves, and berries before pouring).
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I’ve got this recipe cooking away right now. Looking forward to trying it out! Thanks for sharing 🙂