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  1. Simple Festive Mulled Wine

    December 23, 2011 by ismepete

    Today’s recipe comes from my friend and PPC specialist Matt Hopson.

    It’s not the most complex recipe in the world ever, which is probably a good thing at this time of year.

    Simple Festive Mulled Wine

    1. 60g Demerara sugar
    2. 1 cinnamon stick
    3. 1 orange (halved) or 2 clementines
    4. 2 cloves
    5. 1 dried bay leaf or 1 star anise
    6. 1 bottle of half decent red wine – nothing that going to break the bank though (my recommendation would be a cheapish Merlot)

    • Put the sugar and the juice from half the orange/ 1 clementine in a saucepan to create a syrup, add the rest of the ingredients and just enough wine to thin the syrup.

     

    • Simmer for a couple of minutes and then add the rest of the wine. Warm the wine through but don’t boil it!

     

    Preparation time: 2 minute(s)

    Cooking time: 5 minute(s)

    Number of servings (yield): 4

    5 :  ★★★★★ 1 review(s)

    I’m certainly going to be trying this out tomorrow on Christmas Eve – thanks Matt!

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  2. Cuba Libre! Hey!

    May 27, 2010 by ismepete

    Those of you that have met me (and those of you that talk to me on Twitter) will probably know that I have a penchant for a rum.

    I started to get in to rum after my sister came back from Cuba with a couple of bottles of the Havana Club Anejo Blanco, and ever since this has been my favourite rum. I quite liked Morgans Spiced Rum and like most of the other Havana Club ones that I have been able to try, though only the Anejo 3 Anos seems readily available. My favourite – particularly for the Cuba Libre remains the Anejo Blanco.

    What I would say – if you think that you don’t like rum because of the vileness that is Bacardi, please give one of these rums a try. I am very much not a fan of Bacardi – and would probably pass on a drink altogether if I knew it was in there.

    This is a truly simple cocktail (I do wonder sometimes if it actually “counts” as a cockail), as follows:

    What you will need to make the Cuba Libre

    50ml Havana Club Anejo Blanco
    1/4-1/2 of a lime
    Small Handful of Ice
    Cola

    How to make the Cuba Libre

    Chop the lime into sizable chunks and place in the bottom of a large tumbler glass
    Squish the limes down
    Put the ice in the bottom of the glass and bash a little
    Pour in the Rum
    Top the glass up with Cola

    Then – go and take it out into the sunshine and enjoy!

    I am pretty well supplied for the making of a good Cuba Libre. Due to cheeky tweeting at Las Iguanas on Twitter, I was sent a nice lime squisher:

    A lime squisher

    And one of my bottles of Havana Club Anejo Blanco came with the perfect sized glass:

    Cuba Libre Glass

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