Halloween Mulled Blood Bags

Our wine rack is full of wine, mostly red wine so I decided to make some mulled blood (wine) for Halloween as Monica had bought these fun blood bags for me. So many people came up to me to tell me how much they loved the mulled blood and the blood bag way of drinking! Mulled wine is actually ideal for the slow cooker as it never gets hot enough to really boil the alcohol off and you can also do this in the Thermomix. I made the mulled blood the day before the party and served it chilled. And if you're serving this to kids you can sub the red wine for grape juice.

Mulled Blood

An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 2 hours on high or 4 hours on low

• 750ml/26.5 fl oz. bottle of red wine or cider
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 pieces lemon or orange peel
• 2 sticks cinnamon
• 5 cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 star anise
• 2 slices ginger

Step 1 - Place all ingredients in a pot and bring to a light simmer. Reduce heat to low and then simmer for anything from 15 minutes to 2 hours. Strain and serve.

Slow Cooker directions: Place all of the ingredients in the slow cooker and cook on high for 2 hours. Strain and serve.

Thermomix directions: Place all of the ingredients in the Thermomix bowl and set for 10 mins/100C/speed #1.