The weather has been so atrocious today. It was cold and snowy. The children were so excited to see the snow but we soon realised it wasn’t really settling and they wouldn’t be building a snowman anytime soon. We adults needed a pick me up to lift our spirits so made some winter mulled white wine.
We love mulled red wine and admit to making quite a lot of it during December. I quite like mulled cider too but I’d never tried a mulled white wine before. January seemed a good time to try making some. White wine is lighter than red but still sounded just what was needed to get through the winter months.
Winter Mulled White Wine
There are lots of recipes out there but I liked the sound of the BBC Good Food one. I adapted it to suit our needs. We used:
1 bottle of white wine (we used a Pinot Grigio)
250ml bottle of light cider
75ml elderflower cordial
zest of 1 lemon (pared into strips using a vegetable peeler)
1 cinnamon stick
1 vanilla pod, split
2 tbsp caster sugar
How to make Winter Mulled White Wine
Pour the white wine, cider and elderflower cordial into a saucepan. Add the lemon zest. cinnamon, vanilla pod and caster sugar and heat gently until the sugar dissolves.
Do not allow to boil! Heat the Winter Mulled White Wine for about 15 minutes.
Then strain to remove the spices, pour into a glass and enjoy.
This was really delicious. A little bit fruity and a great alternative to traditional mulled red wine. I can’t wait to make it again soon, and experiment with other types of white wine and spices.
Oh wow I’d never have thought of making white mulled wine! I’m bookmarking this 🙂
That’s interesting. I haven’t seen mulled wine made with white wine before. Love elderflower cordial too!