Glögg is an essential part of Christmas all over Scandinavia. This is recipe was created by my sister-in-law Annika in her Gothenburg kitchen. It's so very easy to make glögg at home - give it a go. You can reduce or increase the sugar to your liking - and do play around with adding and taking some spices away to make your own signature mulled wine.Serve Nordic 'Glögg' mulled wine warm in smaller glasses with raisins and almonds.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time15 minutesmins
Course: Drink
Servings: 4
Author: Bronte Aurell
Ingredients
1bottle red wine
1-2sticks cinnamon
5gdried root ginger
5gdried Seville orange peelor other orange if you can't get Seville
7green cardamom pods
15-16whole cloves
80g/3oz sugar
To serve
flaked almonds and raisins
Optional
Splash of either vodka, aquavit, rum or cognac
Instructions
Pour the wine into a pan, add the spices and heat to around 80C/176F, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
Remove from the heat and leave to infuse for at least an hour.
Strain the mixture and return the mulled wine to the bottle - use a funnel to make life easier for yourself. The wine can be kept for around a week.
To serve, pour the wine into a saucepan and heat it.
Place a few flaked almonds and raisins in the bottom of your serving cups, and pour the glögg over the mixture.
If you want to give your glögg a kick, add a splash of either vodka, aquavit, rum or cognac just after you’ve reheated the wine.