Glögg - Spicy Hot Red Wine
- Spicy Hot Red Wine Swedish glögg can usually be bought at IKEA furniture super-stores all over the world (except, of course, in
Ingredients
- one bottle cheap red wine
- 100 ml (half a cup) vodka
- 10 g whole cinnamon
- 1.5 grams cloves
- a small piece of ginger
- 2 g crushed cardamom seeds
- the (dried) peels of half a bitter orange
- 300 g (slightly more than a cup) sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
- almonds and raisins as desired
Instructions
- 1
Crush the cardamom and cinnamon, put all spices in a covered glass jar, add the vodka. Let stand for 24 hours.
- 2
Sieve the vodka, discard the spices.
- 3
Put the almonds in boiling water for 10 seconds, rinse them with cold water and peel them.
- 4
Mix the red wine and the spicy vodka in a pan, add vanilla, sugar, almonds and raisins.
- 5
Heat covered for a few minutes, but do not under any circumstances let the mixture boil.
- 6
Serve sizzling hot but only when it's freezing cold outside!
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