Spiced Orange Wine
"What could be more French countryside than pulling a chilled bottle of homemade (or at least home-doctored) wine from the fridge for a special celebration? This orange sipping wine is a little sweeter and stronger than a regular glass of white, and it's the perfect aperitif. Cook time is chill time."
photo by Rita1652
- Ready In:
- 5hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
2 bottler
ingredients
- 2 (750 ml) bottles dry white wine
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup Grand Marnier, orange liqueur
- 1⁄4 cup Pernod
- 2 whole cloves
- 4 turkish bay leaves (or 2 California leaves)
- 2 navel oranges
directions
- Bring all ingredients except oranges to a boil (reserve wine bottles and corks), stirring until sugar has dissolved.
- Remove zest from oranges in a continuous spiral using a vegetable peeler and cut off any white pith with a paring knife.
- Reserve oranges for another use and divide zest between empty wine bottles.
- Fill bottles with orange wine and cool, leave uncorked for1 hour.
- Cork bottles, then chill at least 5 hours.
- Cooks' note:.
- Orange wine can be chilled up to 1 week.
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Reviews
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Lovely aromas, made with white wine, Pernod and Grand Marnier! -
Made as directed, except halved the recipe since it was just me! I felt like a character in a Faulkner novel, sitting on my back porch sipping this, watching the sunset and listening to the crickets chirp. This is the perfect compliment to a Southern summer. Thanks for this! I will be using this repeatedly! [Made for Newest Zaar] -
I enjoyed this over ice. The spice was perfect! This sure won`t last 1 week. A great drink summer or winter. Cooling yet warming. Thanks. made for http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=308850&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 The Magic of Herbs!
