Sugar-free Mulled Wine

Christmas is almost upon us and I’m excited about the wonderful food that will be prepared for the day.

I just had a roast dinner so instead of making popcorn for The Apprentice Finale, as I was full, I decided to make mulled wine. I was very unprepared as I didn’t even have cinnamon sticks and ideally wanted to make a non-alcoholic version but couldn’t be bothered to get my juicer out to juice some apples 😝.

Therefore, this isn’t a candida-diet friendly as it has alcohol and an apple (these get introduced in Stage 5 of the Candida Diet). However, it is sugar-free. Happy Days 😊.

I might tweak the recipe later as I found it too tangy. Perhaps it’s because I haven’t eaten fruit much in the last couple of months. I also fancy some ginger in it. I’ll definitely do an updated recipe of what I make on the day.

Ingredients

• 1/2 a bottle of rose

• 1 apple, sliced

• 1 lemon, sliced

• 2 star anise

• 3 cloves

• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

• 40g xylitol

Instructions

1. Place all the ingredients in a pan and heat up on medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes. Make sure it doesn’t boil.

2. Pour through a strainer into a mug and add a slice of apple or lemon as a garnish.
   

Voilà. Merry Christmas jewels. Enjoy!