Wednesday, 21 Nov 07
Mulled wine
First batch of mulled wine made, sans vanilla essence (how on earth does my kitchen lack vanilla essence? Mom must have put it somewhere I can’t find :/) and with a Chilean red wine and half a cup of Ruby Red Absolut vodka.
Next time, I am putting in maybe a tablespoon of vodka, lots of vanilla essence, and more cinnamon.
The ethanol fumes are crazy intense! Had to add quite a bit of sugar to counteract red wine and make it sweet. It’s not too bad but I suspect hot wine would taste better in cold weather.
Edit: I found the vanilla essence and stirred some in. It’s now sitting in the refrigerator waiting for company so I can heat mugs of it up and share :D
JADEITE