Mulled Wine

Ingredients

• 4 cups apple juice 
• 10  cinnamon sticks 
• 1 bottle cooking wine dry red
• 1 piece ginger fresh thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons honey 
• 1  navel oranges 
• 6  allspice whole

Equipment

• sauce pan
• pot
• peeler

Directions

1. Using a vegetable peeler, peel the zest from the orange in long strips. (Reserve the fruit for another use.)In a large saucepan, gently simmer the zest, apple juice, honey, ginger, allspice, and 2 cinnamon sticks for 20 minutes. Stir in the wine and cook just until heated through.
2. Serve hot with the remaining cinnamon sticks.Tip: For an extra touch, spike it with a splash of Cointreau.
3. Add 1/4 cup Cointreau or some other orange-flavored liqueur to the pot.