What is glogg?!
What is glogg?
Flavored with almonds,raisins and orange peel.What is glogg?
Answers:
It's a Scandinavian drink :)
INGREDIENTS
* 1 1/2 cups red wine
* 1 1/2 cups ruby port wine
* 1 cup vodka
* 6 pods green cardamom
* 5 whole cloves
* 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
* 2 cinnamon sticks
* 2 ounces slivered almonds
* 1/2 tablespoon raisins
DIRECTIONS
1. Combine wine, port, and vodka in a nonreactive pot. Add cardamom, cloves, orange peel, and cinnamon, and gently warm (do not boil) over low heat. Allow to steep for at least 20 minutes (longer is better). Serve in heatproof glasses, sprinkled with almonds and raisins.
Source(s):
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/glogg/detai...
It's a whisky drink, flavoured with the ingredients you mention.
It is a scandinavian drink, traditionally served at christmas and through the winter months, made with liquor (rum, vodka, and/or wine- even aquavit in some places), spices, etc. tastes like mulled cider- to me, it tastes like christmas, with the cinnamon and cardamom.
you can buy bottles of glogg concentrate at world market (seasonally) or in scandinavian food stores...or make it yourself. i like the bottled stuff, because it's pretty easy and you can tweak it yourself.
it's the best way to warm up in the winter!!! (the other nice thing about the bottle is that you can make it n/a easier than a home made recipe- some of the flavor comes from steeping the alcohol with spices, and the bottled version has already done this, so you're all set)
You heat it (but not boil) and drink it warm
Rest: as written above
A hot punch made of red wine, brandy, and sherry flavored with almonds, raisins, and orange peel.
Glogg is a traditional drink of the Swedish & Finnish Advent season - Advent being the six weeks leading up to the Birth of Christ on the 25th of December. Glogg is traditionally made with red wine, and each small glass has a few almonds and raisins in it as well as the drink. December in this region is a dark, wintry time, and this hot drink helps keep the spirits cheered.
Glogg's origins are with mulled wine - wine heated with spices. Mulled wine was known to medieval Europeans and celebrated from at least 400AD. In the 1800s, a special mulled wine was popular in Europe known as "Glühwein", which began to incorporate the special Glogg ingredients - raisins and almonds. Glogg also tends to have more sugar as well as a heavier alcohol content. Given the frigid winters seen in Scandanavia, this can be quite necessary!
Gingersnaps, Gingerbread, and cinnamon rolls are pairings associated with glogg.