A simple recipe for mulled wine made in a the slow cooker and kept warm for your guests or warmed in a pot (if you don't have a slow cooker). The perfect winter warmer.

Mulled Vine

Mulled wine, the best you ever tasted!

I definitely have the Halloween picture book Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper going through my head. I read it to a nursery this week and it starts with "Pumpkin soup, the best you've ever tasted!" and I said it exactly the same way.

This is the time of year to cook squash and make hot spiced drinks. That's only thing I like about this time of year actually. I hate the dark and the damp, but I do love autumnal food and drink.

Hot spiced drinks like this slow cooked mulled wine can take you happily from Autumn and into Winter.

Making Mulled Wine

Slow Cooker Mulled Wine

I made this spicy hot drink in my slow cooker, which is a great idea if you have guests coming around. You can walk away from it and get on with other things while it heats, then the 'keep warm' feature will keep the mulled wine at the right temperature. Place it on a table with a soup ladle so guests can fill their own glasses or mugs.

Stove-Top Mulled Wine

Oh how American of me, I was going to say cooker top, but stove-top sounded much better. Anyway you know what I mean. You can also heat your mulled wine in a pan on the cooker and just ladle it out for your guests. Heat it gently, you don't want to bring it to the boil.

Mulled Wine Spices

I added star anise, cloves and cinnamon sticks to my slow cooker mulled wine, but you could use your own favourite spices. 

What spices can you use in mulled wine?

Choose a selection from this list, but no more than 3 or 4.

1. Star anise
2. Cloves
3. Cinnamon sticks
4. Nutmeg
5. Vanilla
6. Allspice
7. Cardamom
8. Ginger
9. Bay leaves
10. Chilli

What else can you add to mulled wine?

Again just choose one or two fruity extras and only one alcoholic extra, so you don't confuse and muddy the flavours. Try to keep it simple.

1. Orange peel
2. Orange slices
3. Orange juice
4. Lemon peel
5. Orange Liqueur
6. Brandy
7. Gin

How to sweeten mulled wine?

Sweetening the wine is optional. If you are sweetening it, you don't need to add a lot. Here are a few sweeteners you can use:

1. Sugar
2. Brown sugar
3. Maple syrup
4. Honey
5. Agave Nectar

Crock-Pot Dump Recipe

This is a dump recipe. Often you will read about dump dinners, well this is a dump drink. When the phrase dump is used it means you just throw or dump all the ingredients in. 

For this recipe all the ingredients are thrown into the crockpot, it's switched on to slow cook and that's it, you can walk away until it's ready.

A no-fuss recipe.

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Try some of my easy crock-pot recipes:

Vegan Sausage Birra -  a slow cooked veggie sausage stew cooked in the slow cooker with a spicy tomato and beer sauce. 

Aubergine and Onion Masala - A masala spiced curry. This Masala is made with aubergine (eggplant) and onion in a light creamy sauce. It's made in a slow cooker, but could be made in a pot on the hob too.

Vegan Spinach & Cream Cheese Stuffed Pasta Shells - A simple recipe for a stuffed pasta recipe made in a slow cooker. The perfect midweek meal for vegans or vegetarians.

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Slow cook and warm function

I slow cooked my mulled wine gently on low for 2 hours. You could cook it for less than this, but the 2 hours really gives the flavours time to develop.

My slow cooker will move from slow cooking to warming function at the end of the cook time. Check to see if your slow cooker or crock-pot will do this. If not either set the time so you will be serving it while it is still slow cooking or keep the lid on, which will keep it warm for quite a while.

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Slow Cooker Mulled Wine with Orange Liqueur

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Yield: 4-6Author: Jacqueline Meldrum

Slow Cooker Mulled Wine with Orange Liqueur

A dump recipe for slow cooker mulled wine with added orange liqueur for a boosted orange flavour. Serve warm from the slow cooker for your guests.

prep time: 5 minscook time: 2 hourtotal time: 2 hours and 5 mins

ingredients

• 1 bottle/75ml red wine
• 200ml 1/2 cup Cointreau (or other orange liqueur)
• 2 oranges, sliced
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 8 cloves
• 1 star anise

instructions

1. Place all the ingredients in your slow cooker or into a pot.
2. Set to slow cook for 2 hours or heat gently if cooking in a pot on the cooker top.
3. Serve and enjoy!

calories
125

fat (grams)
0.2

sat. fat (grams)
0

carbs (grams)
12.3

protein (grams)
0.6

sugar (grams)
9.8

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Disclosure: Turci sent me some seasoning sprays to try. I was not expected to write a positive review and any opinions used are my own.