Ingredients:
- 2 x 75cl bottles red wine (Merlot preferably)
- 11 good-quality cloudy apple juice
- 115g caster sugar
- 1 long cinnamon stick, snapped in half
- 2 star anise
- 3 tbsps Orange Curaçao or Cointreau
- 100g / 4oz frozen mulled fruit or Black Forest fruits
- 3 small red-skinned apples, sliced into rings
Method:
- Pour wine, apple juice into large saucepan.
- Add sugar, cinnamon stick and star anise.
- Heat gently stirring a little until sugar has dissolved.
- Continue heating gently for 15 minutes.
- Just before serving swirl in Curaçao or Cointreau.
- Throw in frozen fruits and add apple slices.
Have a lovely Xmas with loved ones…