Wine to Warm You

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 4 to 5 hours (low)
Servings: 22

Ingredients

• 1 Orange
• 1 Lemon
• 4 Slices fresh ginger
• 3 Inches Cinnamon stick, broken
• 8 Whole Allspice
• 8 Whole cloves
• 1 750 milliliter Bottle of Bordeaux or Beaujolais wine
• 4 cups water
• 1 12 ounce can frozen pineapple-orange juice concentrate
• 1/2 cup brandy
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup Triple Sec

Directions

1. Using a vegetable peeler, cut wide strips of peel from the orange and lemon, avoiding the white pith underneath. Juice the orange and lemon.

2. For a spice bag, cut a a 6-inch square from a double thickness of 100%-cotton cheesecloth. Place lemon peel, orange peel, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves in the center of the cloth. Bring the corners together and tie closed with 100%-cotton kitchen string.

3. In a 4- to 5-quart slow cooker, combine wine, the water, juice concentrate, brandy, sugar, Triple Sec, citrus juices, and spice bag.

4. Cover; cook on low-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours or on high-heat setting for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Remove spice bag and discard. Garnish each serving with orange slices and/or cinnamon sticks.