Other than snowing like there's no tomorrow Scotland had a lot going for it this weekend. In particular, Glasgow's fabulous Christmas market, awesome lights display and wonderful street performers. We went up for an annual Christmas party - which was fab and we sampled two different kinds of mulled wine - Gluhwein (German) and Glogg (Danish). I have never really enjoyed mulled wine at Christmas because well Christmas in the southern hemisphere is too warm for it - I loved going to the Christmas market being freezing and it warmed me up delightfully so I have found some recipes for you to share to keep you warm.
Gluhwein
4 bottles of red wine
600 mls brandy
1 cup of sugar
6 cinnamon sticks
12 cloves whole
1/8 tsp allspice
1/8 tsp mace
2 oranges, sliced
1 lemon, sliced
Put all in a pot simmer for an hour. Drink.
Glogg
250ml water
4 tblspns of white sugar
1 cinnamon stick
3 or 4 cloves
5 or 6 cardamom seed pods, peeled
small piece of ginger, peeled
peel and juice of 1 lemon, 1 orange
1 bottle of red wine
90 gm dried fruit
90 gm blanched almonds, chopped
Quarter of a cup of port
Boil cinnamon, sugar, cloves, cardamom, ginger and peel in the water for about 10 minutes. Remove the peel and spices. Mix in the juices, fruit and nuts and heat to almost boiling. Take off the stove and mix in the wine. The port gets mixed in just before serving.
S.
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