Christmas Cobbler

Method

To make the mulled wine:

1. Use any red table wine; cooking it with spices improves the taste. Pour the wine into a pan, add the peels and spices and simmer for 15 minutes, then sweeten with honey or sugar.
2. Bring the liquid to the boil, remove it from the heat and leave to cool. When cold, remove spices, bottle and store in the fridge. 

To make the spiced cranberry juice:

1. Put the cranberry juice in a pan and simmer with the spices for 15 minutes.
2. Bring the liquid to the boil, remove it from the heat and leave to cool. Strain through a cheesecloth and bottle.

To make the cocktail and serve:

1. Put the sloe gin, Cointreau, lemon juice, mulled wine reduction and spiced cranberry juice into a shaker, fill with ice and shake for 10 seconds.
2. Strain over ice. Top with more crushed ice and garnish with pomegranate seeds and mint, dusted with icing sugar.