It is from Tonie and his tried and true recipes. He does not describe it but the recipe includes allspice and applejuice which are a little devious.
1/2 t whole cloves
1/2 t whole allspice
1/4 t grated lemon rind
1/4 t grated orange rind
1 (3 in) stick cinnamon
1 whole nutmeg halved
1 1/2 C dry red wine
1/2 C unsweetened apple juice
Place first 6 ingredients on a 5 in square of cheesecloth or coffee filter; tie w/string.
Pour wine and juice into a small saucepan; stirring well; add spice bag. Cover and cook over low heat 15 min. stirring occasionally. Remove and discard spice bag. Serve warm. Yield: 2 cups
I just ran across this fantastic recipe for Danish Christmas Glogg from Danish Schnapps Recipes. Finding mulled wine and gluhwein recipes is easier for me and I have dozens and dozens of them now but finding a unique glogg recipe like this is a real gem. If you have been wondering how to make glogg then here you go. It is very similar to how to make gluhwein or mulled wine but, well, different.
Ingredients
1 bottle of red wine
1-2 deciliter blackberry schnapps
Seeds from 6-8 green cardamom pods
10 whole cloves
1 small cinnamon stick
150-200 grams skinned, chopped almonds
150-200 grams dark, organic raisins
Cane sugar
Direction
In a glass container, combine red wine, blackberry schnapps, spices, and raisins.
Close the container tightly and leave it for a couple of hours in a dark place at room temperature.
Strain the blend and add the chopped almonds.
In a stainless steel pot, heat the blend over low heat to just before boiling. Stir occasionally.
Do NOT boil. Boiling will burn off the alcohol.
Sweeten to taste with a little cane sugar.
Serve your Christmas glogg steaming hot in heatproof glasses or mugs with fruits, nuts, sweets, and Christmas cookies.
I will be posting more glogg, gluhwein, and mulled recipes on a daily basis throughout the Christmas season.
This dreamy article from Zonkette at Food and Drink about seasonal change from sunny BBQ days to cozy mulled wine evenings covers the basics of mulled wine from the usual spices and ingredients in mulled wine recipes to an overview of mulled wine history.
What exactly is mulled wine? Made from red wine, mulled wine (and its various counterparts around the world such as vin chaud, Gluhwien, Forralt bor and vin brulé) has various spices added to it and usually served hot. Sounds perfect for that cold winter evening doesn’t it? A little known fact however is, that mulled wine was not originally created as a warm and festive alternative to regular red wine. Rather, mulled wine was created as a way to make red wine taste better at a time when it would expire and go rancid rather quickly. The addition of a combination of honey and spices helped flavour and thus allowed wine that had turned slightly to be consumed again.
Some basic mulled wine knowledge to take away from Zonkette:
Mulled wine (aka, gluhwein) is great in front of the fire
Mulled wine was originally created as a way to make turned/old wine taste better
This is a cool recipe for pre-made jars of mulled wine spices from jellybeanangel. Give it a try. If you are going to store your spices in jars, I am assuming you should not add the water until you are ready to make mulled wine.
Here’s the recipe:
Nutmeg- fresh grated best
3 tablespoons of brown sugar
Juice and rind of 1 lemon or orange
1 cinnamon stick
5 cloves
1/2 pint of water (300ml)
1 bottle of red wine- as cheap as you like.
Simmer everything bar wine for 20 mins
Add wine and simmer
Serve immediately into mugs or thick glasses for mulled wine/Irish coffee
These are some nifty Christmas tree decorations I ran across at Snapdragon’s Garden. They are made with felt, scented with mulled wine spices, and have cinnamon stick trunks. You can almost drink these things. Just water them with wine? hmm.
This is a picture from a Christmas market in budapest from a post at Daily Budapest Photo where there are many booths selling goodies, sweets, and mulled wine. It’s a beautiful scene now. Can you imagine it with snow and even more people?
Get headaches from red wine? Think the sulfites caused it? Wine Scamp wrote a great article about what really causes wine headaches.
Current research supports the theory that biogenic amines are the culprits: this group of chemicals include histamine, seratonin, dopamine, epinephrine and tyramine, among others. Seratonin is said to trigger migraines in migraine-prone people. Histamines were thought to be the culprit, but red wine and white wines have been shown to have equal levels of histamine…
It’s a great article. Wine Scamp always has good things to share about wine topics.
I ran across this Halloween party post from Pereiraville and the lovely author (Writersblock) states that she will not be making mulled wine this year, as she normally does, because of time constraints. It’s a travesty - a tragedy - and we are trying to let this kind of mulled wine catastrophe never happen again.
They could have used Jodlers Gluhwein Mix to make as much mulled wine as they want in about ten minutes. The steps to make mulled wine are:
Pour in kettle
Heat
Stir in mix
Serve
What a shame. I am sorry I did not find this mulled wine requirement sooner as I could have overnighted a few bottles and saved the day. Being that the party is tonight, though, we will have to wait until next year.
Wow! What a great list of wine events from Wine Compass Blog. I know it is a bit late in the month to post this but the list is so great there is plenty left to do. Here’s a sample (below) and you can see the whole list of wine events on their post.
This is our new video about how to make mulled wine or gluhwein using Jodlers Gluhwein mix. I made it at home in one take but it explains how to make gluhwein and also goes over the number of servings in each bottle size we offer. Enjoy!
Gluhwein is German mulled wine - delicious hot spiced wine usually made with red wine. Use our gluhwein mix to make it quickly and easily or browse the numerous gluhwein recipes to make it from scratch.
