I'm a tad jealous, H.A.K. I love mulled wine but it just tastes better in cold weather. Hope your trip home was uneventful! x
Well, yes, the trip was a doddle, but the house is bloomin' cold (we have central heating, but the build quality is only marginally better than in Dubai, so we also have a fair few mystery draughts!) so we kind of need the stronger/ warmer stuff of an evening. Just sipping a glass of rose... port! :-D
I noticed they had whole/unground allspice in the loose spice section of Carrefour MOE yesterday. I don't think they're able to grind spices there so you'd have to do it at home - have you got an attachment for grinding spices with your blender? It'll probably taste better for having been freshly ground.
Thanks, roysie :D. If there's a burning smell wafting over your way you know where it's coming from!
I'm a tad jealous, H.A.K. I love mulled wine but it just tastes better in cold weather. Hope your trip home was uneventful! x
"all spice" is different to "mixed spice", but mixed spice is what we Brits use in all our festive baking. I don't actually use it in my mulled wine (most definitely tried and tested... lots!)... I use a bottle of red wine, 5-10 cloves stuck through a couple of peels of orange rind (use a peeler, not a grater), a half nutmeg, a stick of cinnamon and a couple of spoonfuls of brown sugar (to taste, really - depends on the wine!). I also had some juniper berries, so chucked a few of them in.
Just wanted to add, if you can, decant the wine and have the spices and orange peel infusing for as long as possible - I'm guessing a slow cooker would bring them out wonderfully too. I've had the same batch infusing for the last 3 days (keep it in the saucepan and just top up! Hehe!) and it's just getting better and better!
<em>edited by Hello.Again.Kitty on 20/12/2011</em>
Delia Smiths slow cooker mulled wine
Ingredients
2 bottles red wine, 1 lemon, 1 orangesliced, 4 tbsp sugar, 2 cinnamon sticks, a pinch of ground cloves, a pinch of mixed spice, 4 tbsp brandy ( optional )
Method
(1) pre-heat the cooker on HIGH for 20 mins
(2) pour the wine into the warm cooker.Using a potato peeler or sharp knife, remove the zest of the lemon in strips. Squeeze the juice from the lemon, add zest and juice to the wine.
(3) Add all the other ingredients, except the brandy.
(4) cover and cook on LOW for 2 hours.
(5) just before serving, stir in the brandy
Now I'm intrigued. I have a slow cooker and thought its usefulness was limited to chicken casserole and soup - please share how to make mulled wine in it! :D
Hi, ive got a virtually unused jar of Schwartz All Spice in my larder that you are welcome to have (it expires in March 2012). We will shortly be leaving Dubai so it will only be binned when we go. Let me know if you can make use of it. I live in Jumeira
The other place you might like to try is the Choitrams on Al Wasl Road opposite Safa Park (the one next to Union Co-op). I picked up a few spices that I need for Christmas in there yesterday that were sold out in other shops so they may be worth a look.
Anyone know where I can buy this?
Want to make mulled wine using a slow cooker .... and it requires ALL SPICE.
Spinneys had it advertised on their brochure last week (brand BART) but so far no luck in finding them :(