Vin Brulee



1 bottle of red wine

honey

1 large orange, or 2 small oranges, or 4 tangerines

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teasppon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon whole cloves

1/4 teaspoon juniper berries

Start by pouring as much wine into a large saucepan as you want to make servings for. Obviously, if you only want to make two glasses, you'll need to reduce all of your other ingredients.

Set the saucepan on a low flame. Peel your choice of citrus fruit and put the peelings into the wine. Slice fruit and put into wine, which should start simmering. Add in spices, stir, and then raise heat to bring the wine to a full boil.

Once the white zest of the fruit peel takes on a similar color to the wine, lower the heat and remove the peel. Spoon in honey and stir to ensure that the honey melts. Add honey and sample until wine reaches the desired level off sweetness. Ladle wine hot into tumblers and garnish with orange or tangerine slices.

If you are making a lot of wine, then it is usually okay to leave the pan on a low flame to keep the wine hot. Remember, part of the point of this recipe is to really burn the wine, so you can't ruin this recipe by leaving the wine on for too long.