Glogg
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 5:56pm

Ingredients




750 milliliter bottle dry red wine
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup gin, vodka or aquavit
 cup sugar
peel from one orange

8 inches cinnamon stick, broken
6 whole cloves
2 cardamom pods, opened
1/4 cup blanched whole almonds

Preparation

1 In a large saucepan, stir together the wine, raisins, gin, and sugar. For spice bag, place orange peel, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom in the center of a double-thick, 6-in square of 100%% cotton cheesecloth. Bring corners of cloth together; tie closed with a clean string. Add spice bag to saucepan with wine mixture. 2 Heat mixture to a simmer. Simmer uncovered for 10 minutes; do not boil. Remove and discard spice bag. Just before serving, stir in almonds.

About


Glogg is a Scandinavian version of mulled wine; it's an ideal warmer on chilly winter nights.