Recipe for Mulled Red Wine

JUST before the festive season, we make up lots of little packages with sugar, spices and thinly-pared lemon rind so when the pals arrive it’s just a question of opening a bottle of wine and warming it with the spices in a stainless steel saucepan.

For a lovely present, you could attach a little pack of the spices to a nice bottle of red wine, with instructions. Leftover mulled wine keeps for a few days and reheats perfectly.

Serves 8 approx