Glogg Mulled Wine Food

GLöGG (SWEDISH MULLED WINE)

Steps:

• Heat sugar and water in a large saucepan until it has dissolved.
• Add liquor, raisins, and almonds. Tie the spices and peel in a square of cheesecloth (or place in a tea ball) and place into the mixture.
• Heat the mixture over medium-low heat until it begins to steam (do not let it boil), 30-40 min.
• Taste and add more sugar if you would like, dissolving ¼ c sugar in ¼ c water at a time.
• When the mixture is warm, remove the spices and serve it immediately, making sure to float some almonds and raisins in each glass. '
• Alternately, remove the almonds and raisins and place the glögg into jars (or bottles). Store in the refrigerator to be used within 1-2 weeks.

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.

GLOGG - MULLED WINE

Steps:

• Slightly bruise the cardamom pods and cinnamon sticks and place in a pan with the wine sugar orange rind and cloves.
• Heat gently but do not allow to boil for 30mins.
• Take of heat and let step for a few hours.
• Reheat and add the brandy or kirsch, strain into cups.

GLOGI ( FINNISH MULLED WINE)

Steps:

• In a non aluminum mid-size sauce pan, heat water and sugar over medium heat until sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute.
• Tie all spices and the peel into a small piece of cheesecloth for easy removal.
• Add the spices and peel and wine to the sauce pan and simmer, covered, 5 minutes.
• To serve: Stand one spoon in each glass, evenly divide gogli into each glass.
• Add a few raisins and almonds in each, or serve separately.

THE CHOSEN WINE - KOSHER MULLED GLOGG

Steps:

• Combine 1/2 cup of the amaretto, the brown sugar, cloves, peppercorns and cardamom in a medium saucepan and heat to a slow boil while stirring. Reduce the heat to low and add the rest of the amaretto, the red wine, blackberry wine, cinnamon sticks and the peel of 1 of the oranges. Warm on very low heat for 10 to 15 minutes, ladle into glasses and garnish with a bit of orange peel. Raise a glass to all things kosher.