Cooking 101» Easy Alcohol Recipes – Simple & Quick Methods for Cooking Alcohol http://cooking101.org An Online Guide To Quality Cooking Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:42:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 How to Make Mulled Wine http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-mulled-wine/ http://cooking101.org/how-to-make-mulled-wine/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 00:55:35 +0000 admin http://cooking101.org/?p=680 An age-old drink, mulled wine is best savored during the holiday season. A little sweet and a little spicy, mulled wine is an absolute favorite with one and all.

Ingredients:

  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • One bottle wine
  • ½ cup brandy
  • Eight cloves
  • One cinnamon stick
  • Orange peel

Instructions:

  1. Pour the wine in a saucepan and place it over the gas stove at low heat. Cut the zest of the orange and remove the orange from inside. Discard any white pith.
  2. Pound the zest and release its oil. Place the zest inside the saucepan with the wine. Now add the sugar, brandy, cloves, and the cinnamon to the saucepan. Keep stirring the contents of the saucepan. Let the wine cook slowly, but make sure it does not come to a boil.
  3. When the mixture begins to steam, remove it from the heat. You can now serve the mulled wine.
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Ingredients:

  • Three mint leaves
  • One ounce simple syrup
  • Four ounces bourbon
  • Shaved ice
  • Sprig of mint
  • Bourbon

Instructions:

  1. Take a mixing glass and place the mint leaves inside it. Now pour the simple syrup inside the glass along with a little bourbon.
  2. Muddle the glass so as to crush the mint leaves and to mix the bourbon with the syrup. Once this is done, add the remainder of the bourbon to the mixing glass.
  3. Now set the mixture aside for about 3 minutes. Then, strain the mixture into a cocktail glass. Fill the cocktail glass with the shaved ice.
  4. Garnish the drink with the mint sprig. Your mint julep is ready.
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