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orange white wine cinnamon chamomile pods anise dried lavender wormwood leaf sugar boiling water brandy sweet
Viewed: 61 - Published at: 5 years agoIngredients
- 1 orange
- 3 1/4 cups white wine, divided
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon dried chamomile
- 8 cardamom pods
- 1 star anise
- 1 teaspoon dried lavender
- 1/4 teaspoon wormwood leaf
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup brandy
- 1/2 cup sweet or India sherry
Method
- Zest the orange and set aside the rest of the orange for another use.
- Pour 1 cup of the wine into a pot and set the rest aside. Add all the orange zest, cinnamon stick, chamomile, cardamom, star anise, lavender, and wormwood and cook on medium heat until it comes to a boil, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Strain out solids and return liquid to the pot.
- In a separate pot, pour in the sugar and cook on medium heat, stirring frequently, to caramelize it. Once sugar melts into a caramel-colored liquid, in about 5 minutes, turn off the heat and let caramelized sugar cool.
- Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan or tea kettle, then measure 1/4 cup and slowly pour it into caramelized sugar, stirring as you pour. Be careful!
- Add remaining wine (2 1/4 cups) to the herb-infused wine. Bring it to a boil, then pour it slowly into the pot of caramelized sugar syrup, stirring frequently to integrate them. Add brandy and sherry, then let cool. Pour cooled mixture into a bottle, seal and store in the refrigerator.
