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I make Glogg every year and bottle it to give out to friends. It’s basically mulled wine with a brandy kick. It’s very good, served hot with a orange peel twist in a mug. High alcohol tho so you have to be careful! The recipe I use is something like this:
3 Liters Red wine (I usually use caburnet because I have a lot)
3 Liters Ruby Port wine
1.5 Liters Brandy
2 Tablespoons Cardomom seeds (fresh from pods is best)
about 20 inches of stick cinnamon
2 Orange peels
40 Cloves
4 cups sugar
1 cup raisins
1 2/3 Cups Blanched Almonds
You mix the wine and port in one big pan, has to be stainless steel so it does not react with it. Make a gigantic tea bag with the raisins at the bottom and the almonds at the top, everything else in the middle. It floats better that way. Warm it up to just steaming but NOT boiling. Let that stay that way while you take 750 ML of brandy in another pan and heat it with the 4 cups of sugar until it is disolved. You need to carmalize the sugar a bit, some people like to light the brandy on fire to do it but the pan is hell to clean then, but it does work. Be careful you get like a 2 foot tall blue flame. Also make sure you have good ventilation in the room! After that cooks down you add it to the wine and put a lid on it, turn off the heat and let it mull for about an hour while you stir it once in a while. Then take out the bag, stir in the other 750 ML Brandy. You serve it that way with an orange peel twisted over the cup when it’s full. The orange peel is important!
And one last word - make sure you take the car keys from everyone… ;-)
Is it possible to leave out the Cardamom seeds or i it will ruin the taste of it?
you need the cardamom really, but I guess you could. You can usually find it online if you have trouble finding it locally. I got mine in the ethnic section of the supermarket,
Got no problem finding them just that really dislike the taste of it but every thing else on the recipe sounds good.
Well then leave them out! Put something else in maybe. I like it, but the nice thing about making something yourself is that it is YOURS. Make sure the cloves, cinnamon, and orange peel make it in. The almonds add real nice flavor too. I can’t stress the caramalization of the sugar in the syrup tho, just let it darken slightly.
Thanks I’m definitely going to try it.
Sounds yummy..
It’s good stuff. Give yer keys to a friend tho..
I usually save a couple bottles for next year. The thing you need to know tho is that you WILL get sediment, and thats ok. Shake up the bottle a little before you heat it.
Just don’t put the fruit and nuts out for the squirrels like a Swedish relative did years ago. Lots of drunk squirrels!
that sounds great, I am going to make some, ty Dgreene
Though I’m late in responding (I just now saw this), this sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try it. Thank you Dgreene…
Oh! One more thing. I’m definitely putting the nuts and spices out for … not the squirrels, but the groundhogs. The little monsters destroy my garden every year. Time to give them a headache for once ;)