This is the lighter one of our Christmas drinks – white wine or perry warmed with pear, cinnamon and a little star anise. It's lovely for anyone who finds mulled red wine a bit heavy.
Our pear slices are cut lengthways so they look beautiful in the glass, and they keep for 12 months in the cupboard.
Pear and star anise for a crowd (about 15 glasses)
You'll need
- 1 Nim's Pear Mulled Wine Kit – Party Size (15 pear slices, cinnamon sticks, cloves and red currants or cranberries)
- 3 bottles of dry white wine, or 2 litres of perry (pear cider)
- 3 star anise
- 3–4 tablespoons of honey, to taste
- 50ml brandy or elderflower liqueur (optional)
Method
- Pour the wine into a large pan and add the cinnamon, cloves, berries, star anise and about half the pear slices.
- Stir in the honey and warm gently for 15–20 minutes. Don't let it boil.
- Taste, add more honey if you like, and stir in the brandy just before serving.
- Pour into glasses and float a pear slice from the pack in each one.
Alcohol-free version
Use pressed pear or apple juice instead of the wine and leave out the honey. Same method, same pretty glass.
Spice it up
Our 50-slice pear pot comes with a free jar of Christmas Spice Dust – a little sprinkled over the pear slice in each glass finishes it off nicely.
Other Christmas recipes
Try our Mulled Wine with Dried Orange Slices and Hot Spiced Apple recipes.
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