Recipe - Mulling Spice Mix

3 Boxes (1oz) cinnamon sticks
6 Whole nutmegs (1 ounce)
1/3 cup Each chopped dried orange
and lemon peel
One fourth cup Each whole allspice and
whole cloves
2 tablespoon Finely chopped; crystallized
ginger (1 ounce)

(Each spice bag holds enough to mull a 750 ml bottle of red wine about
3One fourth cups or a half gallon 8 cups apple cider.)

Cut doubled layers of cheesecloth into fourteen 5inch squares. Have
fourteen 10inchlong pieces plain white string ready. Put cinnamon sticks
and nutmegs in a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin or a small heavy
skillet until broken in small pieces. Mix with remaining ingredients. Tie
3 generous tablespoonsful in each cheesecloth square. Makes 14 bags.

To mull wine, stir One half cup water and 1/3 cup sugar in a 1One half to 2quart
pan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Add 3One fourth cups wine and the
spice bag. Reduce heat to low, cover and heat very gently until mixture is
very hot but not boiling, about 20 minutes. Discard spice bag.

To mull cider, just add spice bag to 8 cups apple cider in a 2One half to
3quart pan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer 30 to 35
minutes. Discard spice bag. Makes 4 cups wine or 8 cups cider.

PATTEE@FANG.COLORADO.EDU

(DONNA PATTEE)

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