Hot Apple Wine Bowl

Posted by Chris on February 16, 2008

This hot apple wine recipe is a cowboy’s drink from “Fifty from the Trail: The Best Cowboy Cooking from a Timeless Land.” It is not exactly gluhwein but it is really similar so we decided to include it. In a way, it might be the most American mulled wine recipe we have seen. It even has butter in it.

Apple Wine Bowl Recipe

2 large tart apples
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 cup packed plus 1 Tbsp. light brown sugar, divided
1 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 quart dry red wine
4 cardamom pods, cracked
3 whole cloves
1 1/2 inch cinnamon stick, broken
15 blanched almonds
1/2 cup raisins

Wash apples and cut away cores. Slice the apples and toss with lemon juice and place in a 2 1/2 quart baking dish. Sprinkle with 1 Tbsp. brown sugar and dot with butter. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until the apples are tender.

Pour wine over apples; add cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon. Return to oven and heat - but do not boil - for about 25 minutes. Remove from oven, cover, and let stand overnight.
Line a strainer with cheesecloth and strain the wine mixture. Discard the apple pulp and spice. Add almonds, raisins, and remaining 1/2 cup of brown sugar while stirring to dissolve the sugar.

Heat - but do not boil - and serve warm with a few almonds and raisins in each glass.

Makes about 1 quart.

Let us know if you make this cowboy wine. Watch out for snakes and stay on the trail.

Enjoy!