A lovely homemade gift for wine lovers
Ingredients
- 25cm square butter muslin (available from department & hardware stores)
- 85g demerara sugar
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 70cl bottle red wine
- 8 – 12 cloves
- 1 orange
Method
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Put the muslin on a flat surface and tip the sugar, ginger and nutmeg into the centre. Tie into a pouch with fine string and attach to the neck of the wine bottle. Then attach the cinnamon stick to the bottle with a little raffia.
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Stick the cloves into the orange and pack into a box lined with raffia or shredded paper, with the wine.
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Tie a label to the wine bottle with the following instructions: ‘Tip the contents of the muslin bag into a pan with the wine, orange, cinnamon stick and 300ml/½pt water. Simmer for 5 mins, then serve.’