03 July, 2011

Mulled Wine/Negus

Mulled Wine or Negus

serves a crowd

Negus is another name for mulled wine, which traditionally was prepared by adding some cinnamon/cloves/nutmeg/fruit peel/whatever to a mug of wine, and then heating it by stirring with a hot poker from the fire.
Make a syrup by boiling for 5 minutes:2 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups water
4 dozen whole cloves
6 sticks cinnamon
3 crushed nutmegs
Peel of 3 lemons, 2 oranges

Strain syrup. Add to it:4 cups hot lemon or lime juice

Heat well and add:4 bottles red wine

Serve very hot with slices of:Lemon and pineapple

These proportions may be varied to taste. Sometimes Madeira, port or sherry is used in this formula.

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