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Mulled red wine with cinnamon, cloves and orange

Name: Mulled red wine with cinnamon, cloves and orange
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 750 ml Red wine (Dry or semi-dry, such as Blaufränkisch.); 200 ml Water; 80 g Granulated sugar (To taste, about 6 tbsp.); 1 Orange; ½ Lemon; 2 Cinnamon sticks; 6 Cloves; 2 Star anise (Whole stars.)

Red wine warmed with cinnamon, cloves, star anise and orange. Simmer the spices with sugar, then gently heat the wine. Makes 6 mugs.

Slovak cuisine · Gluten-free · Christmas recipes · Quick recipes in 35 minutes · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Servings: 6 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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Mulled red wine with cinnamon, cloves and orange is a hot drink as much a part of Advent and Christmas as Christmas markets. Briefly simmer the spices and fruit slices with water and sugar first, then gently heat the wine without letting it boil so it retains its flavor.

Use dry or semi-dry red wine and adjust the sweetness with sugar.

Ingredients

6 servings

Red wine (Dry or semi-dry, such as Blaufränkisch.) 750 ml
Water 200 ml
Granulated sugar (To taste, about 6 tbsp.) 80 g
Orange 1
Lemon ½
Cinnamon sticks 2
Cloves 6
Star anise (Whole stars.) 2

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Instructions

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Prepare the fruit
Wash the orange and lemon in warm water and cut them into thin slices, leaving the peel on. Press the cloves into two orange slices to keep them from floating loose in the mugs.
Simmer the spices
Put the water, sugar, cinnamon sticks, star anise and fruit slices in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, then simmer over low heat for 5 minutes to release the spices' aroma.
Heat the wine
Pour in the wine and warm over low heat until hot and the first small bubbles begin to form on the surface. Do not let the wine boil, as boiling would cause the alcohol to evaporate and the wine to lose flavor. Cover the saucepan and let the wine steep over the lowest heat for 10 minutes.
Serve
Taste the wine and add more sugar if needed. Pour through a strainer into mugs or heatproof glasses and add an orange slice to each.

Tip: Do not leave citrus slices with their peel in the wine overnight, as the peel would make it bitter. Strain any leftover wine and refrigerate it, then reheat it just as gently the next day.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 172 kcal
Protein: 0.4 g
Carbohydrates: 20 g
of which sugars: 17 g
Fat: 0.1 g
of which saturates: 0.0 g
Fiber: 0.9 g
Salt: 0.0 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Varené červené víno so škoricou, klinčekmi a pomarančom