Category: Beverages

4 Litres cheap red wine

250 ml Of cheap brandy/vodka

1 cup Sugar

3 Lemons, juice of

1 pinch Cardamom

6 Sticks cinnamon

6 slice (full) lemon approx 5mm thick

1 Bay leaf

Chuck all ingredients in large pot EXCEPT for the sugar, cover , simmer gently for 10 mins ,taste. Now add 2 teaspoons of sugar per person level NOT heaped; simmer for 10 mins.



Place lemon slices in glass mugs and ladle the concoction into glass; the lemon must float.If not ,discard lemon and cut new slices; the secret is to drink the hot mixture thru the lemon..it gives a very distinctive flavour.



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