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
IndianChickenIntermediate1440 minBy Northstar
Ingredients
Servings
4
- one bottle cheap red wine
- 100 ml (half a cup) vodka
- 10 g whole cinnamon
- 1 0.5 g cloves (about 20 pieces)
- 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 36
Instructions
- 1
Crush the cardamom and cinnamon, put all spices in a covered glass jar, add the vodka. Let stand for 24 hours. Sieve the vodka, discard the spices. Put the almonds in boiling water for 10 seconds, rinse them with cold water and peel them. Mix the red wine and the spicy vodka in a pan, add vanilla, sugar, almonds and raisins. Heat covered for a few minutes, but do not under any circumstances let the mixture boil. Serve sizzling hot but only when it's freezing cold outside!
Tags
swedish-cooking