Mulled Cranberry Wine Punch

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon almond extract 
• 4  to 6 cinnamon sticks ( 3 in.)
• 1 cup cranberries fresh
• 1 bottle cranberry juice cocktail (48 oz., 6 cups)
• 0.5 cup raisins 
• 0.3 cup sugar 
• 750 ml wine such as gamay beaujolais dry red fruity

Equipment

• frying pan
• ladle

Directions

1. Sort cranberries, discarding bruised and decayed fruit. Rinse berries and put in a 5- to 6-quart pan; add cranberry juice cocktail, raisins, and cinnamon sticks. Bring to a boil over high heat; cover and simmer on low heat to blend flavors, about 20 minutes.
2. Add wine and 1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar, to taste.
3. Heat until steaming, 5 to 8 minutes; do not boil.
4. Add almond extract and orange liqueur; keep punch warm over lowest heat and ladle into cups or stemmed glasses.