Glogg (aka Vin Chaud, Gluwein, Mulled Wine)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup raw sugar
• 1 cup water
• 6 cinnamon sticks
• 10 cardamom pods, hulled
• 12 allspice berries
• 12 whole cloves
• 1 orange, juice and zest of
• 1 cup kirschwasser
• 2 (750 ml) bottles red wine
• 3/4 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 combine cloves, allspice berries, and hulled cardamom pods. crush lightly with mortar and pestle or with plastic baggie and something heavy.
• 2 combine sugar and water over medium-low heat in a sauce pan to make a simple syrup.
• 3 add bruised spices and cinnamon sticks and simmer over low heat 10 minutes.
• 4 add orange zest and juice and simmer for another 5 minutes (your house will begin to smell amazing!).
• 5 transfer syrup mixture into a pot large enough to hold wine and kirschwasser.
• 6 add wine, raisins, and kirschwasser to syrup mixture.
• 7 warm slowly over low heat.
• 8 be careful if you're standing over this while it warms- the vapor rising off contains ethanol and can make you tipsy.