1/20/2024 0 Comments Mulled wine recipe port![]() We love warm spices, so we load ours up with ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves. Recipes for glögg vary greatly from family to family. Brandy is a commonly found alternative, and we love the way the brandy flavor works with the spices.īut, if you are an aquavit fan, go ahead and add it in! Many traditional Swedish recipes will call for aquavit, a vodka that has been flavored with caraway or dill seeds. His drink was later named “glödgag vin,” meaning “glowing-hot wine,” a name which was then shortened to glögg” in the later 1800’s. The legend goes that King Gustav I Vasa of Sweden loved a warm drink made from German wine, sugar and spices. Served warm, it is incredibly popular during the Christmas season, but makes for a great, warming drink whenever the temperatures turn chilly. While German mulled wine typically just heads for the spices and citrus flavor, Sweedish Glögg is a combination of red wine, port, and brandy steeped with aromatic spices. ![]() Glögg (pronounced gloog) is an infused wine whose name means “glow.” It’s something everyone enjoys and takes things just a notch fancier than your everyday wine. *Don't throw out the fruit and almonds! You can use them in muffins, scones or other quick breads.We love sharing mulled wine at special occasions when the weather turns cooler. I pour the glogg back into the wine bottles I used in the recipe, and then seal with a vacuum cork. Glogg can also be stored in tightly sealed bottles for a couple months. Pour the glogg into mugs and garnish with a slice of orange. Once the glogg has mulled, strain out the spice and fruit ingredients.* Once the sugar has melted and caramelized, add the sugar/brandy mixture to pot with the wine and spices. Cover the pot and let the mixture mull over very low heat for 1 to 2 hours. Warm over low heat, melting the sugar and allowing it to caramelize and become slightly syrupy. Mix the sugar and the brandy in a separate pot. Warm gently over low heat, being sure not to boil. Add cinnamon, the seeds from the cardamom pods, cloves, orange peel and juice, raisins, almonds and ginger. (And as an added glogg bonus, you can make muffins, scones or baked goods with the wine and brandy soaked raisins and almonds! More on that coming to the blog soon!)ġ/2 cup light brown sugar (add more if you prefer a sweeter drink) If you've got a sweet tooth, feel free to increase the amount of sugar in the recipe. I also prefer to make glogg a little less sweet, so the recipe below calls for about half the sugar of other versions I've seen. There's some variation on the alcohols used, but my personal preference is to use a combination of red wine, port and brandy. There are a myriad of recipes out there for glogg, but the typical ingredients are red wine, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, orange, raisins, almonds and sugar. I've personally found Chicago weather more bearable when I have a mugful in hand. I'm convinced that Scandinavians are able to survive the long, cold, dark winters because of glogg. It's sweet with a bit of spice and warms you from the inside out. It's the ultimate “cold weather, cozy up to the fire, pour a glass (or two), stay up late and enjoy good company” beverage. ![]() Glogg (kinda pronounced glooog) is a Scandinavian mulled wine. If there ever was a quintessential winter drink, this is it.
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