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Swedish Christmas Gl枚gg

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Swedish Christmas Gl枚gg
Prepare
less than 30 mins
Cook
less than 10 mins
Serve
Makes 1 bottle

Gl枚gg is an essential part of Christmas all over Scandinavia. This is recipe was created by my sister-in-law Annika in her Gothenburg kitchen.

Ingredients

  • red wine: 1 bottle red wine (quality doesn鈥檛 matter)
  • cinnamon: 1-2 sticks cinnamon
  • ginger: 5g dried root ginger
  • Seville orange: 5g dried Seville orange peel (or other orange if you can't get Seville)
  • cardamom: 7 green cardamom pods
  • cloves: 15-16 whole cloves
  • sugar: 80g/3oz sugar

To serve

  • flaked almonds: flaked almonds
  • raisins: raisins
  • cognac: splash of either vodka, aquavit, rum or cognac (optional)

Method

  1. Pour the wine into a pan, add the rest of the ingredients and heat to around 80C/176F, stirring to dissolve the sugar.

  2. Remove from the heat and leave to infuse for at least an hour.

  3. 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.

  4. To serve, pour the wine into a saucepan and heat it.

  5. Place a few flaked almonds and raisins in the bottom of your serving cups, and pour the gl枚gg over the mixture.

  6. If you want to give your gl枚gg a kick, add a splash of either vodka, aquavit, rum or cognac just after you鈥檝e reheated the wine.