Glüwein recipe (yum!)

Hot Spiced Wine

6 cloves
4 sugar cubes (or 2 Tbsp honey)
Rum to pour over sugar
4 cups red wine (dry)
1 orange to zest
1 lemon to zest
3 cinnamon sticks

Pour red wine into a pot with the cinnamon, cloves and zest from the orange and lemon. Let it warm up (but don’t cook it, just heat it until it begins to steam).

Place the sugar cubes in a metal colander and hold over the pot. Pour a little rum on the sugar and light on fire (careful, now). Let the sugar drip into the wine. (If this seems too unsafe for you, just drop sugar into the wine mixture and add a dash of rum in; alternately, you can add a couple dollops of honey to taste).

Use a strainer, pour the Glüwein into cups and serve immediately. Should make enough for six good size glasses or eight smaller ones.