A mulled wine recipe to warm your heart

Hong Kong experiences its coldest days of the year down to about 0 C. 
Everybody tries to keep warm, especially as no one has built in heaters. So in order to help you stay warm, here a nice warming mulled wine recipe from Switzerland.

For this you need a big pot . The amount should be enough for four people on a cold evening .

• 2 bottles of red wine
• 150 grams of sugar (alternative: honey)
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 cloves
• 1 star anise
• 3 Cardamon seeds
• 4 slices of ginger, unpeeled
• 1/2 - 1 table spoon vanilla sugar
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 strips lemon zest

Open red wine and pour into the pot . Add all spices into the pot . The spices can vary at will, depending on what you prefer . The sugar comes in at the end . Again, you can vary according to your taste.
Throughout  the cooking beware the mulled wine does not boil,  otherwise it will burn the spices.
​Let it warm up for 10 to 15 minutes , then strain it through a sieve and enjoy.

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Source: 
Recipe by winemaker Andreas Schwarz from Freienstein, Switzerland