German Style Hot Spiced Wine

Sanjiv Singh
From Bernd Brugge, January 1987. "...here is my favorite recipe for mulled wine, or Gluehwein as it is called in Germany."

1 liter red wine
1/2 liter water
half a vanilla bean
half a cinnamon stick
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
20 cloves
3 hibiscus flowers
sugar, to taste

Mix all ingredients together and bring to a boil. Add sugar to taste. Cook for another 10 minutes on a small flame, filter out the spices and serve with cheese cut into cubes, grapes, nuts and mandarin oranges.

If you add 1/8 liter rum or brandy, you have a Bergsteiger-Gluehwein (mulled wine for mountaineers).

From the Dinner Co-op