Grandma K's Mulled Wine

• 1 cup sugar
• 15 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 5 star anise
• 1 grated zest of 1/2 lemon
• 3 cup water
• 2 (750 ml) bottles dry red wine

1. In a large saucepan, simmer the sugar, cloves, cinnamon stick, anise, lemon zest, and water for 15 minutes.
2. If you prefer, you can strain the mixture at this point, but the spices will look pretty floating in the wine.
3. Add the wine, and heat it, but do not boil it.
4. Serve this drink warm in mugs.
5. *This recipe makes 10 (8 ounce) servings.
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sugar, cloves, cinnamon, anise, lemon, water, bottles dry red wine

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/353891-grandma-ks-mulled-wine (may not work)