Happy Christmas everyone. To celebrate the occasion, why not have some mulled wine? Giggle Loop-style!

Ingredients:

• Caster sugar
• Brussels Sprouts
• An orange
• Neurofen cold and flu
• Cloves
• Wine
• Ground ginger
• Ground cinnamon
• Pancetta
• Terry’s Chocolate Orange
• Masala
• Dark rum
• Orange juice (from concentrate)

Method:

• First, cut the orange. Then juice it.
• Measure out a spoonful of ground ginger. Feed it to a nearby friend.
• Pour a bottle of red wine in to a saucepan and warm it in on the hob at a medium-high heat. Add a glug of Masala to the wine. It’s a sticky fermented fig stuff that will sweeten it right up!
• Add the squeezed orange juice too.
• Separately, mix  1tsp of ground ginger, 1 “baby’s nose” of Ground Cinnamon, 1 tsp of mixed spice, 1tsp of cloves, and “a bunch” of sugar (probably three teaspoons).
• Chop the Brussels Sprouts and put to one side for garnish
• Slice the rind from your juiced orange and add to the wine
• Add some orange juice for good measure.
• Taste the wine. Don’t worry, it won’t taste great, but it will get better.
• Add the spices. All of them.
• Let it simmer for 10 mins or so. Add more orange juice if you feel like it. Swap clothes with your friends and see if anyone notices the difference.
• Add dark rum for the finishing touch.
• Ladle the rind in to a sieve, then pour the wine through the sieve in to a jug.
• Serve the wine in to a nearby mug. Spill the wine on the floor. Consider using a ladle to serve.
• Taste the wine.
• Throw away the Brussels Sprouts, put the pancetta back in the fridge and eat the Terry’s Chocolate orange if you feel inclined.
• Then subscribe to the Giggle Loop Podcast on iTunes or Soundcloud.
• Subscribe to the Giggle Loop YouTube Channel.
• Enjoy your mulled wine
• Take a pair of Neurofen if it gives you a headache.

Happy Christmas!

– Ed, Ellie & Natasha