Best Hot Wine Recipes

GLüHWEIN (HOT SPICED RED WINE)

Steps:

• Using a toothpick, poke 20 holes all over your orange, then poke the cloves into the holes.
• Add orange to a medium saucepan. Pour the wine into the pan. Add the cinnamon sticks, lemon peel, and 1/3 cup sugar. Stir gently to help dissolve the sugar.
• Turn the heat on medium-low and heat until just below a simmer. Do not boil! Reduce heat to low - just enough to keep warm but again, not simmering or boiling. Cover and let warm over the heat for about 20 minutes, until hot wine is flavored by the spices.
• Stir in the brandy. Taste and add more sugar if desired. Depending on your wine and tastes, you may only need the intial 1/4 cup of sugar, or you may need the entire 2/3 cup.
• Ladle into three large or four smaller mugs, garnish if desired, pass 'em out and and inhale your Glühwein goodness.

HOT SPICED CHRISTMAS WINE

Steps:

• Use a sharp knife or a vegetable peeler to remove the zest from the oranges in strips, being careful to remove only the orange part, leaving the pith behind. Then, juice the oranges into a large, heavy-bottomed pot.
• Pour the red wine and white wine into the pot with the orange juice. Place the strips of orange zest, ginger, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and brown sugar into the pot with the wine mixture; stir to dissolve the sugar.
• Cover and heat over medium-high until heated through, but not boiling, reduce the heat to medium-low and heat for an hour or longer to bring all of the flavors together. Adjust the sweetness by adding more brown sugar, as necessary. Strain and serve hot with a splash of brandy, if desired.

HOT MULLED WINE

Steps:

• Stir water and sugar together in a saucepan until sugar dissolves. Add lemon, cloves, and cinnamon stick; bring mixture to a boil and cook until flavors combine, about 10 minutes. Strain and return water mixture to the saucepan; discard lemon, cloves, and cinnamon stick.
• Stir claret wine into water mixture; heat until hot but not boiling, 5 to 10 minutes. Serve flecked with nutmeg.

HOT SPICED WINE

Steps:

• Place cinnamon sticks and cloves on a double thickness of cheesecloth. Gather corners of cloth to enclose spices; tie securely with string. Place in a 3-qt. slow cooker., Add remaining ingredients. Cook, covered, on low until flavors are blended, 4-5 hours. Discard spice bag. Serve warm.

HOT SPICED WINE

Steps:

• Heat all ingredients except wine, orange slices and additional cloves to boiling in Dutch oven, stirring occasionally; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 15 minutes.
• Remove orange peel and spices. Stir in wine. Heat just until hot (do not boil). Serve hot in mugs or heatproof glasses. Garnish each serving with orange slice studded with additional whole cloves.

EASY-PEASY GLUHWEIN (HOT GERMAN SPICED WINE/AKA "MULLED CIDER")

Steps:

• Stir sangria, whole lemon peel, cinnamon sticks, and cloves together in a pot; bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low, and cook until flavors combine, about 5 minutes.

HOT MULLED WINE

Steps:

• Place cinnamon sticks, cloves and rosemary on a double thickness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with string to form a bag., In a 1-1/2-qt. slow cooker, combine the wine, cranberries, sugar, bourbon, orange juice and zest. Add spice bag. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until heated through. Discard spice bag. Serve warm.

GLUEHWEIN (GERMAN HOT WINE PUNCH)

Steps:

• Mix everything together in a large saucepan and heat until hot but NOT boiling.
• Boiling it will ruin the Gluehwein, so be careful to not set your heat to high.
• You can pour this into a crockpot on LOW heat and serve warm.

HOT SPICED WINE

Steps:

• Place first 3 ingredients on an 8" square of cheesecloth; tie with string. Place spice bag in a Dutch oven. Add red wine and remaining 5 ingredients; bring to a simmer over low heat (do not boil). Keep at a simmer while serving. Ladle into mugs.
• Note: For a nonalcoholic version, omit wine and substitute more apple cider.

GLUHWEIN - GERMAN HOT SPICED WINE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together and heat in large pan.
• If serving for a party, you can keep this warm in a crock pot.

HOT SPICED WINE (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in crock pot and stir.
• Cook on low for 4-12 hours or high for 1-2 hours.

GLüHWEIN (HOT GERMAN HOLIDAY WINE)

Steps:

• 1. In large Dutch oven or a large coffee percolator. Put all spices into tea ball, if you do no have a tea ball use a coffee filter place into liquid.
• 2. pour into pan all wine, brown sugar, water, lemons and oranges, and apple slices. Heat till piping hot leave spices in wine. Stir and serve hot..........any left over wine pour into pitcher. You may reheat in micro wave or on stove cup at a time. Enjoy.....

MARGARET'S HOT MULLED WINE

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; dissolve sugar in water. Stir in lemon quarter, cloves, and cinnamon into water; boil for 10 minutes. Strain and return to saucepan.
• Stir red wine into water-sugar mixture; heat until piping hot, but not boiling, about 5 minutes.

ALPINE HOT SPICED WINE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine 1 bottle full-bodied red wine, 3 tbsp.
• honey, 2 cinnamon sticks, 2 tbsp.
• cardamom seeds, 1 tbsp.
• black peppercorns, 1 sliced orange, 1 sliced lemon and 1/2 cup sugar.
• Simmer 15 minutes.
• Pour into a mug garnished with a cinnamon stick.

GLUHWEIN (HOT MULLED WINE)

Steps:

• 1. In a pot, heat above ingredients to just a slight simmer...do not let boil.
• 2. Remove from heat and let steep 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove spices and cooked lemon. Then add a fresh slice of lemon to each glass before pouring the hot wine over it.

RED WINE HOT FUDGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Add the cream and wine to a saucepan and heat over medium heat. Cook until the liquid is warm and there are bubbles forming on the edges of the pot, about 3 minutes. Stir in the sugar until it is totally dissolved and allow the mixture to come to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and stir in the butter until melted. Turn off the heat and add in the chocolate, allowing it to sit for a minute. Then stir constantly until the chocolate is completely melted. Stir in the vanilla extract and salt. You can use it right away, but I like to let this sit for an hour at room temperature to thicken even more.

HOT POTATO SALAD WITH WHITE WINE

Steps:

• Bring enough water to a boil to cover the potatoes when they are added. Add potatoes and salt. Bring to a boil and cook until the potatoes are tender but not mushy, about 20 minutes. Drain. While they are still hot, cut them into slices 1/4 inch thick. There should be about 5 1/2 cups.
• Put the hot potato slices in a deep skillet or kettle and add the oil, shallots and parsley. Place the skillet on the stove and cook, stirring gently, about 1 minute. Add the wine, pepper and vinegar, then stir. Serve.

HOT TODDY (SPICED RED WINE & RUM)

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine sugar water with the orange juice, rum, wine, cinnamon, and clove.
• Add the lemon rind and bring to a boil.
• Remove lemon rind, and serve drinks very hot, garnished with nutmeg.

RED WINE HOT CHOCOLATE

Steps:

• Combine 1 cup half-and-half and Belgian chocolate in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally with a whisk, until chocolate is melted and mixture is hot, about 5 minutes. Add Cabernet Sauvignon and heat for 2 minutes more, whisking occasionally, until hot. Divide into 2 mugs.
• Heat remaining 1/2 cup of half-and-half either on the stove or in the microwave until hot. Transfer to a milk frother and froth until creamy. Divide frothed half-and-half between the 2 mugs and sprinkle with grated chocolate.

PAN SEARED QUEBEC FOIE GRAS WITH HOT AND SOUR PEACH JAM, CABERNET ICE WINE REDUCTION

Steps:

• Preheat a grill.
• Peaches: Combine the peach preserves and serranos in a saucepan. Cook until tender and syrupy. Remove from the heat and mash with a fork.
• Cabernet Franc Reduction: Reduce one cup of veal stock and Cabernet Franc. To thicken, add red wine jus, cream, and butter. Finish with a few drops of red wine vinegar and the shallots.
• Foie Gras: Cut the foie gras into 4 slices and score with a fork. Sear until golden brown on both sides in a hot pan. Remove from pan and place on a paper towel. Sprinkle with fleur de sel to season.
• Grill a small piece of white or milk bread; place in center of a plate. Add a teaspoon of peach preserve on the bread. Place hot foie gras on the peaches. Garnish with frisee and a few hand-cut local greens tossed in grapeseed oil. Spoon sauce around and drizzle with ice wine syrup.