Quentão - Brazilian Mulled Wine

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 pieces lemongrass
• 1 fresh pear, sliced
• 1 fresh peach, sliced
• 1 fresh apple, sliced
• 1 tablespoon whole cloves
• 1 pint water
• 1 (750 ml) bottle red wine (merlot, cabernet, or burgundy will all work)
• 1 1/2 ounces cointreau liqueur
• 3 ounces cachaca (rum may be substituted if you can't find the cachaca)

Recipe

• 1 combine all the fruit and condiments in a saucepan.
• 2 add water and heat to a boil; boil two minutes.
• 3 add the wine and boil for another two minutes.
• 4 reduce heat to warm and add the cointreau and the cachaça (or rum).
• 5 serve hot.