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Old-Fashioned Swedish Glögg

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Old-Fashioned Swedish Glögg

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Serving

60 persons

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Rating

4.00★ (34)

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Author: Victoria Buriak
Glögg is a Swedish punch made from spiced wine. My grandfather brought this recipe over from Sweden in 1921. We still use it today. "God Jul!"

Ingredients

  • port wine: 5 bottles (750 milliliter bottles)
  • 100 proof bourbon whiskey: 1 bottle (750 milliliter bottle)
  • white rum: 1 bottle (750 milliliter bottle)
  • (3-inch) cinnamon stick: 1 piece
  • (3-inch) strip of orange peel: 1 piece
  • whole cloves: 4 piece
  • whole cardamom pods, cracked: 3 piece
  • (8-inch) square of cheesecloth: 1 piece
  • white sugar: 0.75 cup
  • dark raisins: 1 pack (15 ounce pack)
  • blanched slivered almonds: 1 pack (6 ounce pack)

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  1. Heat port wine in a large stockpot with a lid over medium heat until just below the simmering point. Add bourbon and rum; heat until just below simmering. Save the bottles and their caps for storing leftover glögg.
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  2. Meanwhile, place cinnamon stick, orange peel, cloves, and cardamom pods in the center of the cheesecloth square. Gather edges of the cheesecloth and tie with kitchen twine to secure; set aside.
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  3. When wine mixture is very hot but not boiling, carefully light it with a long-handled match. Wearing a heatproof cooking mitt, carefully pour sugar into the flames; let mixture burn for 1 minute. Place the lid on the stockpot to extinguish the flames and turn off the heat. Let mixture cool, covered, about 10 minutes.
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  4. Add the cheesecloth spice bundle, raisins, and almonds to warm wine mixture; let it cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.
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  5. Strain cooled glögg and reserve the raisins and almonds.
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  6. To serve: Pour glögg into a saucepan and warm over medium-low heat until hot but not simmering, about 5 minutes. Ladle 3 ounces of warmed glögg into a small coffee cup or a small Swedish-style glögg mug, and garnish each serving with a few reserved raisins and almonds.
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