Christmas Glogg Recipes

CHRISTMAS GLOGG WITH BRANDY AND PORT

Steps:

• Using metal tongs, hold the orange peel over a flame until it starts to singe and brown in spots. Put it in a large pot.
• Using the flat side of a knife or cleaver, or a rolling pin or mallet, crack and bruise the cardamom pods. Add to the pot with the orange peel. Add the wine, port, brandy, sugar, cloves and cinnamon. Gently simmer over low heat until the whole house smells like spice, about 20 minutes. Taste and add more sugar if you want it sweeter. Serve garnished with raisins and almonds if you like.

SWEDISH CHRISTMAS GLOGG

Steps:

• Gently simmer the red wine, port wine, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, and orange peel in a large pot set over medium-low heat. Stir in the sugar, rum, and brandy. Continue simmering 5 minutes more, stirring to completely dissolve the sugar, and the mixture is steaming but not boiling.
• Mix the raisins and almonds together in a bowl.
• To serve, ladle into coffee cups or Swedish-style small glass or ceramic mugs. Garnish each cup with a spoonful of the raisin and almond mixture.

CHRISTMAS GLOGG

Steps:

• Combine first 4 ingredients in small saucepan. Simmer over medium heat until is thick, about 3 minute Discard cardamom pods. Add the rest of the ingredients. Heat until hot; do not boil. Pour into cups, dividing fruits and nuts evenly.

GLOGG

Steps:

• Peel the orange zest into strips. Cut away any pith and discard; save the flesh for another recipe. Put the zest in a big pan with the wine, sugar, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, raisins (or sultanas) and almonds. Warm gently for 10-15 mins, never letting the mixture boil. Stir in the vodka or aquavit and serve warm.

OLD-FASHIONED SWEDISH GLOGG

Steps:

• Heat the port wine over medium heat until just below the simmer point in a large stockpot with a lid. Add bourbon and rum, and bring back to just below simmering. Save the bottles and their caps for storing leftover glogg.
• While the wine and liquors are heating, place the cardamom, cinnamon stick, cloves, and orange peel onto the center of the square of cheesecloth. Gather together the edges of the cheesecloth, and tie with kitchen twine to secure.
• When mixture is very hot but not boiling, carefully light it with a long-handled match. Wearing a heatproof cooking mitt, carefully pour the sugar into the flames, and let the mixture burn for 1 minute. Put the lid on the stockpot to extinguish the flames, and turn off the heat. Let the mixture cool, covered, for about 10 minutes; add the cheesecloth bundle of spices and the raisins and almonds to the warm wine mixture and let it cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.
• Strain the cooled glogg and reserve the raisins and almonds.
• To store, pour strained glogg into the bottles, recap, and keep upright in a cool dark place for up to 1 year. Refrigerate the steeped raisins and almonds in a covered bowl or jar for up to 1 year.
• To serve, pour glogg into a saucepan and warm over low-medium heat until hot but not simmering, about 5 minutes. Ladle 3 ounces of warmed glogg into a small coffee cup or small Swedish-style glogg mug, and garnish each serving with a few reserved raisins and almonds.

NON-ALCOHOL GLöGG (FINNISH CHRISTMAS HOT SPICED PUNCH)

Steps:

• In large kettle, combine all ingredients.
• Heat slowly, until the drink is steaming hot.
• Stir occasionally.
• Be careful not to allow it to boil, just keep it warm.

CLASSIC GLOGG

Steps:

• Combine red wine and Madeira in a medium saucepan. Add cardamom and cinnamon; bring to a simmer over low heat. Stir in zest and sugar. Divide almonds and raisins among 4 cups; fill with wine, and serve.