Warm Mulled Wine With Aromatic Spices - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 oranges
2 c. water
16 cinnamon sticks
10 orange slices
16 whole cloves
1 c. sugar
2 (750 ml) bottles dry red wine

Preparation

Cut oranges in half.
Stud each half with 4 cloves.
Bring 2 cups water to boil in heavy, large nonaluminum saucepan.
Add orange halves, sugar and 6 cinnamon sticks; stir over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves.
Simmer for 5 minutes.
Add wine. Adjust heat so that mixture is almost simmering and cook for 20 minutes; do not boil.
Remove orange halves and cinnamon sticks from wine.
Ladle wine into mugs.
Attach orange slice to rim of each mug.
Garnish each with cinnamon stick and serve.
Makes 10 servings.