In December “hygge” is to enjoy a warm glass of good smelling, nice tasting, homemade mulled wine, or danish gløgg.
Nothing taste more of Christmas then gløgg – and nothing can bring together family and friends than gløgg served with warm ebelskivers!
Mulled wine or gløgg is basically just a spiced and sweetened, heated red wine added raisins and chopped almonds.
I simply can not imagine a Christmas without gløgg and ebelskivers and both may very well be homemade!
First of all, to make a good gløgg extract you need to plan it a few days ahead. If you do so you will have enough gløgg extract for a total of 4 bottles of red wine.
Making the gløgg extract takes just a few minutes. But remember it has to rest 3-4 days before you can sieve it and use it.
A glass of traditional danish gløgg is typical served warm with chopped, blanched almonds and raisins. (how to blanche almonds)
Remember to serve the drink with a spoon, so you can enjoy the soaked raisins and almonds in-between your sipping.
Mulled Wine or Danish Gløgg
To begin with you mix all the ingredients in a large pot.
Heat up the mixture for a few minutes (until the sugar is melted).
Be careful not to bring it to a boil!
Next you will have to let the mixture rest for minimum 2 days. Preferable let it rest for 3-4 days in the refrigerator in the pot under a lid.
Finally after a few days of rest, you sieve the mixture and pour the extract into glass bottles
Store the extract in the refrigerator.
Use within a month.
Warm Mulled Wine or Danish Gløgg
Now you have the gløgg extract to make a portion of mulled wine.
First mix 1/4 of the extract with a bottle of red wine in a large pot. Also add 1 cup of chopped, blanched almonds and 1 cup of raisins.
Heat up the mixture slowly (do NOT boil!)
To sum it up; simply serve the warm gløgg with almonds and raisins in tall glasses with a spoon – to dig up the almonds and raisins!
However, if you want to serve it the traditional danish way, you serve the gløgg with homemade ebelskivers, jam and powdered sugar by the side.
Ho Ho Ho… and happy, happy Christmas!
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Nothing taste more of Christmas then gløgg – and nothing can bring together family and friends than gløgg served with warm ebelskivers!
Mulled wine or gløgg is basically just a spiced and sweetened, heated red wine added raisins and chopped almonds.
Ingredients
- 4 cups water
- 2 lemons, cut in wedges
- 3 oranges, cut in wedges
- 12 cinnamon sticks
- 5 pieces of cloves
- 3” of fresh ginger, cut i small pieces
- 1 tablespoon cardamom
- 5 pieces of star anise
- 2 cups of brown sugar
- 2 cups of syrup (any kind)
Instructions
- To begin with you mix all the ingredients in a large pot and heat it up for a few minutes (until the sugar is melted) BUT be careful not to bring it to a boil!
- Next you will have to let the mixture rest for minimum 2 days – preferable 3-4 days in the refrigerator with a lid over the mixture.
- Finally after a few days rest you sieve the mixture and pour the extract into glass bottles
Warm Mulled Wine or Danish Gløgg
- 1/4 of the extract
- 1 bottle of red wine
- 1 cup of chopped, blanched almonds
- 1 cup of raisins
First mix all the ingredients in a large pot.
Heat up slowly (do NOT boil!)
And just to sum it up; you simply heat up the extract with the above combination of red wine, almonds and raisins.
Serve the warm gløgg in tall glasses with a spoon to dig up the almonds and raisins!
However, if you want to serve the gløgg it the traditional danish way, you serve the gløgg with homemade ebelskivers, jam and powdered sugar by the side.
Ho Ho Ho… and happy, happy Christmas!
Notes
Store the extract in the refrigerator.
Use within a month
Keywords: mulled wine, danish gløgg, gløgg, gløgg extract, hot red wine, spiced red wine, drink, hot drink, christmas,
We spent a week in Denmark this past December and came home craving the Gløgg we had at the Christmas markets and cafes. I found your recipe and it is a perfect replica of what we had in DK- so delicious. It was a huge hit at Christmas, and I now keep a bottle of the syrup in the fridge in case I want a cup of Gløgg (like tonight!). Thank you for sharing.