Make Wine Syrup with Leftover Wine

Have you ever wondered what to do with leftover wine?

Below are recipes for wine syrup … yummy and easy!

Serve with: ice cream, yogurt, ricotta, pound cake, waffles, pancakes, or fruit.

Leftover Red Wine Syrup

Hands-on time: 5 minutesTotal time: 2 hours (includes cooling time)Makes: 1 cup 1 orange 1 bottle red wine (or 3½ cups assorted red wines) 1 cup sugar 6 cloves 1 cinnamon stick

1. Using a vegetable peeler, remove strips of orange zest from the orange. In a large saucepan, combine the wine, sugar, cloves, cinnamon stick, and orange zest.

2. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until the wine mixture is thickened and reduced to 1 cup, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove cinnamon stick and orange zest. Let cool for 15 minutes, then refrigerate until chilled (the syrup will thicken as it cools).

Leftover White Wine Syrup

Hands-on time: 5 minutes Total time: 2 hours (includes cooling time) Makes: 1 cup

1 vanilla bean 1 bottle white wine (or 3½ cups assorted white wines) 1 cup sugar

1. Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. In a large saucepan, combine the wine, sugar, and vanilla seeds and pod.

2. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until the wine mixture is slightly thickened and reduced to 1 cup, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove the vanilla pod. Let cool for 15 minutes, then refrigerate until chilled (the syrup will thicken as it cools).