Anyone have any good hot cocktail recipes to share this winter?
Mulled wine, ideally made in a Crock Pot.
Ingredients:
*Wine (one or more bottles)
*Cinnamon sticks (whole spices are best; otherwise you get gritty wine)
*Whole nutmeg
*Whole cloves
*A candy cane
*Citrus fruit
*Sugar (I like Sucanat Brown, but anything will work). I start with about 1/3cup per bottle and add more to taste, but I like mine kind of sweet; you can always add more later. Even if you like your wine bone dry, though, you'll probably need this a bit sweet.
You'll need a bottle or more, and red or white will work (or mix 'em). I like a Shiraz or - better yet - a bottle of Shiraz and a bottle of Cab Sav or Merlot. Doesn't really matter too much with all the heat and spices, though.
First, pour a couple of cups of wine into a small pot over medium-low heat and dissolve the sugar in it (the higher heat here will ensure the sugar dissolves, but will ruin much of the wine's flavor (much more so than the CrockPot)). You can just do it all in the CP if your're lazy, but you might need more sugar.
Meanwhile, pour the rest of the wine into the CP along with a couple of cinnamon sticks, some whole nutmeg berries (is that what they're called?), some citrus cut in half (I like both a lemon and an orange); stud one half of the orange with cloves (a toothpick to make the whole first helps). Throw in a candy cane, add the stuff from the stovetop (if the sugar's dissolved), and let it cook on low for a good hour or more; taste and add sugar if needed.
Serve in heated cups.
Thanks Chuck! You just whisked me back to Winter 2006, which I spent in Munich, Germany. Any Glühwein fans? I'm not one personally, but the mulled wine recipe brought back a flood of great memories.
C'mon guys. I have my pen out for this one.
Tonight I made some Hot Buttered Rum. A very simple recipe:
Butter Mixture
1 1/2 cups of brown sugar
1 stick butter
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/8 teaspoon ground clove
Fold together until it makes an even paste.
Drop one heaping teaspoon - tablespoon (depending on taste) of butter mixture into the bottom of each mug. Pour in 3 oz boiling water and top off with 2-3 oz dark rum. Stir and garnish with a cinnamon stick.
One stick a butta, you are cooking like Paula Dean.
Anyone have any good hot cocktail recipes to share this winter?
I think the simplest hot toddy and probably the most authentic is just a shot of whiskey, a teaspoon or cube of sugar, and hot water. Almost like making tea.
Tim
I like:
1 cup boiling water
1 shot whisky (or 2, if you really need it)
1 Tbsp Honey
1 wedge lemon (squeeze into mix)
Stir and drink
Any whisky in particular you like? That's my real dilemma...this is my recipe as well but I can't find a whisky I like with it.