Christmas Recipe: Red Mulled Wine, Spiced Apple Toddy

These recipes are simple and will give a festive twist to your Christmas party. Try it out!

Red Mulled wine
Tabula Beach Cafe, New Delhi

Ingredients:

• 150 ml red wine
• 1 or 2 slices of orange
• 4 to 5 cardamoms
• 1 star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 5 to 6 cloves
• 2 springs rosemary
• 30 ml orange juice 

Method:

• Tie up the orange slices, cardamom, star anise, cinnamon stick, cloves and rosemary sprigs in a cotton cloth and boil with orange juice for five minutes.
• Let the cloth cool down and leave it in the wine for a day to infuse in the flavours of the aromatics.
• Serve hot in a wine glass, garnished with rosemary and orange. 

Spiced Apple Toddy

Hemant Mundkur, Brand Ambassador, United Spirits

Ingredients:

• 45 ml Black Dog Triple Gold Reserve
• 120 ml warm Earl Grey tea
• 20 ml spiced apple syrup
• 20 ml fresh lemon juice
• Lemon peel studded with cloves (for the garnish)

For the spiced apple syrup:

• 500 gm sugar
• 300 ml apple juice 
• 100 ml water
• 1 red apple (chopped)
• 10 cloves
• 2 star anise
• Glassware pre-warmed cup

Method:

For the spiced apple syrup:

• In a pan, on a slow flame, add all ingredients together and allow to simmer for about 15 minutes, while stirring. Syrup can be refrigerated after it has cooled down. 

For the toddy:

• Create a festive twist of the classic hot toddy with a combination of Black Dog Triple Gold Reserve, warm earl grey tea, spiced apple syrup and fresh citrus.

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