Old-Fashioned Swedish Glögg
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Cooking:
15 min.
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Servings per container:
60
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Ingredients for - Old-Fashioned Swedish Glögg

1. Port wine - 5 (750 milliliter) bottles
2. 100 proof bourbon whiskey - 1 (750 milliliter) bottle
3. White rum - 1 (750 milliliter) bottle
4. Cinnamon stick - 1 (3 inch)
5. Strip of orange peel - 1 (3 inch)
6. Whole cloves - 4
7. Whole cardamom pods, cracked - 3
8. (8 inch) square of cheesecloth - 1
9. White sugar - ¾ cup
10. Dark raisins - 1 (15 ounce) package
11. Blanched slivered almonds - 1 (6 ounce) package

How to cook deliciously - Old-Fashioned Swedish Glögg

1. Stage

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.

2. Stage

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.

3. Stage

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.

4. Stage

Add the cheesecloth spice bundle, raisins, and almonds to warm wine mixture; let it cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.

5. Stage

Strain cooled glögg and reserve the raisins and almonds.

6. Stage

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.