Lunch: Slow-Cooker Blood Orange Fizzy Mulled Wine Recipe | MyRecipes

Recipe by Tiffany Vickers Davis The slow cooker offers great convenience here, keeping the stovetop open for meal prep. Pouring the soda into the hot wine right at the time of service brings the temperature down enough to drink immediately. Change out th

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Ingredients

10 whole black peppercorns
10 whole cardamom pods
6 whole cloves
5 whole juniper berries
2 (3-inch) cinnamon sticks
2 (750-milliliter) bottles red wine (such as zinfandel)
1 whole star anise
1 navel orange, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 (25.4-ounce) bottle blood orange Italian soda (such as Whole Foods)

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