Mulled wine (alcoholic or non alcoholic)

An easy stove top mulled wine enjoyable for the holiday season or winter. In this recipe, I give you 2 different versions of this drink : non alcoholic or alcoholic mulled wine.

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• ⭐ Why you'll love this recipe
• 🧾 How mulled wine (vin chaud) is consumed in France
• 📖 Ingredient notes
• 🥣Step by step instructions
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Traditional mulled wine or non alcoholic mulled wine, whatever you choose, it's the perfect holiday and winter season comfort drink.

⭐ Why you'll love this recipe

• Whether you make a non alcoholic mulled wine or a "regular" mulled wine, you will love its spicy flavor.
• This hot drink is very comforting.
• It's super easy to make.

🧾 How mulled wine (vin chaud) is consumed in France

Mulled wine is called "vin chaud" in French, which means "hot wine". Well, as you can imagine, in France, mulled wine is traditionally made with red wine.

In France, it is mostly consumed in Alsace (the region close to the German boarder) around Christmas time and especially at the Christmas market.

But it's also consumed nationwide throughout autumn and winter time. As a result, you can have a glass of mulled wine when you go out with friends or family at a French café.

📖 Ingredient notes

For the alcoholic mulled wine

• Red wine. You don't want to use an expensive Bordeaux wine to make mulled wine! No need to splurge. And some would even say that it would be a total waste to use a high-range red wine to make mulled wine. So, a good but not expensive red wine will do perfectly.
• Maple syrup. Make sure to use pure maple syrup.

For the non alcoholic mulled wine (for those on AIP and paleo and of course for all of those who prefer non alcoholic drinks)

• Red grape juice. Make sure to choose non added sugar grape juice.

For both versions

• Fresh oranges. If possible, I recommend using organic oranges as we will zest one of the oranges and the other one will be used for garnish. If you can't have organic oranges, wash them under cold water and brush them with a vegetable brush.
• Cinnamon. To make mulled wine, I prefer to use cinnamon sticks. But you can also use cinnamon powder if that's what you have on hand.
• Mulling spices. This recipe has been created to be suitable for people on the autoimmune paleo diet which doesn't allow all spices. This is the reason why it's only using whole cloves. Although I am not an AIPer myself I love this recipe the way it is. But if you are not on an AIP diet feel free to add some star anise or cardamom pods. Also, feel free to adjust the spice quantities to your own taste and omit one of them if you are intolerant. 

For the complete list of ingredients and quantities, please see the recipe card below.

🥣Step by step instructions

• Transfer the red wine and maple syrup (or grape juice and water) to a sauce pan along with the cinnamon stick, orange zest and cloves. Slice one orange and add it to the sauce pan. Let the whole thing cook on medium heat for 20 minutes.

• Strain the mulled wine (I like to put a strainer over a large bowl to avoid making a mess) and transfer into a heatproof mug or glass.

• Slice the second orange and cut the slices in quarters.

• Add the orange slices to the mug to decorate. You can also add the cinnamon stick to the mug. Et voilà! Serve hot.

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