A recipe for mulled wine

On a chilly winter evening, Joe and I love to have a pot of mulled wine simmering on the wood stove. Not only is it delicious as we read or warm up after snowshoeing or cross-country skiing, it fills the house with wonderful scents.

Here’s the recipe included in my Swift River Valley novella, “Christmas at Carriage Hill.”

Ingredients

2 bottles of dry red wine

1-2 orange(s), sliced into “circles”

1/3 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice

1/4 cup brandy

1/4-1/2 cup sugar (to taste)

8 whole cloves

2 cinnamon sticks

2 nutmegs, cracked into pieces

Preparation

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