Just spotted on Yahoo! Recipes for a variety of warming winter drinks, including mulled wine with the interesting addition of strong Earl Grey tea as one of the ingredients:
Wittily written too, as are some of the comments below the blog. A few suggestions along the lines of non alcoholic drinks being actually more warming. Better for drivers too 😉
Morocco Ale is apparently available in supermarkets.
Holistic
Thanks for posting that link Holistic! Nice to have a few other winter warmers up one's sleeve.
I have an old recipe for mulled wine which goes down very well with everyone. It's a wonderful mixture for a party as it has the taste of being more alcoholic than it actually is, making it a very reasonable cost.
Mistletoe Mull
3 cups of water (half pint cup)
1+ cups sugar
1 small stick cinnamon
5 cloves
grating of nutmeg
4 green cardamom pods
1 lemon, thinly sliced (orange will substitute if preferred)
2 bottles red wine
Bring water to the boil water with most of the sugar and spices and boil for 5 minutes. Add lemon slices, leave to stand for 10 minutes.
Pour in the wine, heat slowly - do not boil.
Check for sugar content and add more to taste as necessary. Serve hot.
This should supply about 20 x 125ml (5 fl oz) measures or 25 x 100ml (4fl oz)measures approx.
If you want to add to it, another mixture can easily be made up reusing the spices but maybe adding one or two extra spices and a new lemon (remove the old slices).
If there is any left over, remove the lemon and spices or it will become bitter.
Excellent. Almost makes me glad the cold winter days are here.
A good, warming and non-alcoholic drink that helps keep colds in check:-
Finely grate some (about 1 or 2 tsp) fresh ginger into a mug. Top up with some boiling water. Leave for a few mins. Stir in some honey and the freshly squeezed juice of half a lemon. FRESH ginger and lemon "tea"! Wonderful.
Thanks all got some great suggestions. Makes me feel quite festive...
Thank you. I've just printed some of those off to use over Xmas. 😀