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Spiced Orange Wine
Makes2 (750-ml) bottles
- Active time:15 min
- Start to finish:5 1/4 hr (includes chilling)
March 2008
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 for the onion tart with mustard and fennel.
- 2 (750-ml) bottles dry white wine
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup orange liqueur such as Grand Marnier
- 1/4 cup Pernod
- 2 whole cloves
- 4 Turkish or 2 California bay leaves
- 2 navel oranges
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Bring all ingredients except oranges to a boil (reserve wine bottles and corks), stirring until sugar has dissolved.
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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.
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Fill bottles with orange wine and cool, uncorked, 1 hour.
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Cork bottles, then chill at least 4 hours.
Cooks’ note: Orange wine can be chilled up to 1 week.
- Keywords
- gourmet entertains,
- french,
- wine,
- paul grimes
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