I miss Manchester during this time of the year too, it's beautiful Christmas markets and
mulled wine around every corner.
Not exact matches
Place the pears in the
mulled wine mixture, reduce the heat and simmer gently for
around half an hour (until the pears are tender — time will depend on how ripe your pears are).
The Bon Appétit
mulled wine recipe calls for two cardamom pods, which are sometimes hard to find and not something you're just going to keep
around.
Overindulgence in too many calorific treats such as mince pies (
around 200 calories each), Christmas cake (approximately 250 calories per slice) and
mulled wine (about 250 calories in a glass) can leave us all struggling to buckle our belts in the New Year.
Still we had a wonderful afternoon in the skiing area Corviglia, strolled
around, enjoyed the view and had a
mulled wine.
Here in the UK
around Christmas we get a lot of German markets set up in towns where you can get all sorts of amazing goodies, gingerbreads,
mulled wines and those huge round waffles half dipped in chocolate.
Toast marshmallows together
around the fire and sip on a well deserved
mulled wine!
A German Christmas Market is always an amazing experience whether you simply have a look
around, feast on some tasty snacks, or even enjoy a tipple of
mulled wine.
The brilliantly coloured wooden cabins sparkle with fairy lights and the smell of traditional French gastronomy and
mulled wine fills the air
around the town squares where the French Christmas Markets are situated.
With visits to some naturally occcuring hot pools in the backblocks of the Westland National Park, gliding across the still waters of Milford Sound or sea kayaking at Okarito, tramping through West Coast Rainforest and beaches, and some local area galleries, ponamu (greenstone) carving and lolling
around in front of log fires sipping
mulled wine, you'll come out invigorated, pampered, and enriched with memories of an exciting, achingly beautiful, magical holiday from kiwi heaven.
So, when I noticed a recipe for a red
wine cake sometime earlier in the year I parked it at the back of my baker's brain and waited for the festive season to come
around so that I could make
mulled wine chocolate cake.
In true British style, head to an oldy worldy pub, huddle
around an ingle nook fire with
mulled wine and a good roast dinner (or shepherd's pie, fish and chips, beef wellington... you get the idea!).