Swedish Glögg (Mulled Wine)
This is a Swedish tradition in my household. Usually made for Santa Lucia and Christmas Eve, this is a warming spiced mulled wine that makes your home smell lovely.
Servings 6 people
Ingredients
- 1 ea bottle dry red wine option to use alcohol-free
- 15 ea cardamom cloves remove seeds from pods, discard pods
- 20 ea cloves
- 5 ea cinnamon sticks
- 1 inch ginger, pealed
- ½ cup vodka leave out if making alcohol-free
- ½ cup cognac leave out if making alcohol-free and instead add ½ tsp of vanilla bean powder or 1-2 whole vanilla beans with the spices above
- ¼ cup maple syrup adjust to taste
Instructions
- Add the first 5 ingredients to a medium saucepan and cover with a lid. If you're making this alcohol-free, add the vanilla beans or powder to the pot as well. Bring this to a simmer. Be sure not to let boil! Once at a simmer, turn off the heat, leave the lid on and let sit for 1 hour.
- Using a sieve, strain out the spices from the wine and return the wine to the medium saucepan.
- After 1 hour, turn the heat on again to medium to warm with lid off.
- Add vodka and cognac (skip if making this alcohol-free). Keep heat on medium with lid off.
- Add the maple syrup, tasting as you go to make sure it's not too sweet for your taste.
- Serve in small cups with 2-3 blanched and peeled almonds and a few raisins.
Notes
Be sure to save your wine bottle just in case for leftovers. The mulled wine will last 2-3 days easily so long as the cork or cap is on tightly. Reheat in a small pot but be sure not to let boil.