Hi guys, welcome to Drinks Tube i'm Melanie and i'm Emil, and together we're Smith and
Sinclair, and we make edible cocktails.
To get you guys into the Christmas spirit we've got a special adult treat for you to
try today.
Everywhere you look around this season you're going to see mulled wine, but you're not going
to have seen mulled wine jelly, until now.
The mulled wine jelly is a special Christmas sweet that can also be enjoyed as an indulgent
winter treat, So here's what you will need to enjoy your mulled wine jelly for two.
Some red wine, sugar, some gelatine leaves, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cardamon, one whole
orange and some brandy soaked cranberries.
So we're going to start putting the ingredients in the pan.
First is our whole orange that has been very roughly cut, one tablespoon of granulated
sugar just sprinkle it over the orange.
A sprig of cinnamon that you can just break and drop in loosely.
One whole nutmeg which will be left to infuse, we're going to do three cloves and two whole
cardamon pods.
We're then going to put this on a low heat.
Get your wooden spoon, just give em' a bit of a bump and grind.
Get all the ingredients involved with each other make sure the sugars wet from the juices
of the orange.
And whilst that is cooking up it's going to be about two minutes, i'm just going to get
my gelatine leaves and i'm going to soak them in some cold water, it's going to take about
five minutes for them to properly get soaked up.
So we've let this stew for about two minutes, you can see all the liquids have started to
come out, we're not going to add in our two hundred milliliters of red wine.
Now the red wine's in we're just gonna' turn the heat up a bit more, give it all a good
mix, really let the spices start to infuse the wine.
Ok so that's been bubbling away for about two minutes now which is a good sign to start
putting in the gelatine.
We know all of the spices have been nicely infused into that red wine and it's going
to get a nice mulled flavour.
So, as you can see, look at that, it's completely soaked in and we just need to squeeze off
the excess water and throw it in.
Now we've got everything in, we're just going to give it a whisk, make sure the gelatine's
melted and then we're just going to take it straight off the heat.
Now the mixture is nice and ready and what we need to do now is set them, and we've got
a nice little surprise, we're actually going to set them in these hollowed out orange peels.
So, to make sure that they stay up right and you don't have any leakages through the holes,
you're going to put them in the cups, and we're going to get two cranberries, firmly
press it down, skin facing into the hole, blocking any chance of the mix getting out.
And now it's time to fill them up.
So you need to either, sieve this out into a jug, or you can sieve it through and straight
in to the molds, beautiful.
And you can fill this up just shy of the brim.
You don't want it pouring everywhere, and there we go.
So once you've filled your orange cups, we're just going to get some brandy soaked cranberries,
just make sure you get rid of all the excess liquid and just sprinkle them in to be soaked
in the middle.
Now they're all full we're just gonna' let those set in the fridge, it's gonna' take
roughly an hour and then we'll be cool.
So our jelly's are nice and set, they've been in the fridge for roughly one hour and as
you can see, they're lovely and wobbly.
Coax them out with a spoon and then we'll be ready to add the final touches.
So just to garnish, we're just gonna' put some dried cranberries along the top.
Gives it a lovely colour, and a nice sprig of mint.
Now I think it's time to taste.
Mm, it's so Christmassy, so spicy, and every now and again you just get those little surprises
of brandy soaked cranberries in the middle, it's absolutely amazing.
If you're trying to impress someone around Christmas, this is the thing.
No matter how may mulled wines you have this Christmas, nothing is going to beat this mulled
wine jelly.
So guys, make sure you make this at home for someone special, it's only a recipe for two
so choose someone perfect.
And when you do try this at home make sure you tell us how it went by leaving all your
comments below.
And if you want to see more of us check out our recipe bobbing for apples, it's the perfect
recipe to give to someone as a Christmas gift.
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we're been Smith and Sinclair, Merry Christmas!