Swedish Mulled Wine

Ingredients

• 1 bottle of red table wine
• 50 ml - 100 ml (1/4 - 1/2 cup) vodka (optional)
• 5-20 cloves
• 1 rounded tsp. cardamom seeds
• 2 to 4 cinnamon sticks
• 1 or 2 pieces of ginger
• Zest of half a lemon
• 125 to 250 ml (1/2 to 1 cup) sugar
• 1 rounded tsp. vanilla sugar

Method

1. Crush the cinnamon and cardamom. Peel the lemon. Put all the spices and peel into a glass jar with the vodka.
2. Cover. Leave overnight. Strain the vodka, discard the spices.
3. Mix the spiced vodka with the wine and sugar.
4. Heat all the ingredients in a large saucepan until steaming hot. Do not boil! Stir and taste.
5. If not sweet enough, add more sugar. If too sweet, add more wine.