Birthday!

For my birthday I decided to have a nice comfy winter weekend. I got some friends together and played boardgames. It was a riot.

I also made some of this...

Yep, mulled wine.

 It was amazing, everyone loved it and I've since been asked for the recipe. I sort of followed a recipe and sort of made it up as I went. 

This is how it went;

Place 250g sugar,the peel of one lemon, the juice and peel of one orange, one sliced orange spiked with 12 cloves, one spliced vanilla bean, one cinnamon stick, and one sliced pink lady apple into a saucepan. Pour in jus enough wine to cover the ingredients and slowly bring to the boil. Boil for approximately four minutes. Pour it all into a slow-cooker, add the remaining wine and 300ml of Grand Marnier. Heat through for like, six hours. YUM! 

*Makes four litres.