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- GLOEGG
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- spices:
- 3 figs (the dried ones in heavy, and I mean heavy, syrup)
- 8 cloves
- 1 dried piece of skin ( 2" x 3") of Seville bitter orange
- 6" of 0.5" cinnamon stick
- 8 almonds
- 45 raisins
- 1/5 tsp of cardamom
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- others:
- 1 pound of sugar
- 2 cups of beer
- 1 quart of vodka or other 40% pure spirits
- 1 bottle ( 0.75 litres) of full-bodied red wine.
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- Boil the spices in the beer for 25 -30 minutes. Strain away the spices
- and add the sugar to the beer. Some extra heat and/or a cup of the wine
- may be needed to completely dissolve the sugar. Add the rest of the
- wine and the vodka and serve hot ( 160 F, beware not to boil away the
- alcohol :-) with raisins and skinned almonds in small cups.
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- Glogg (2 week recipe)
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- Contain into 2 separate cheesecloth "packages":
- cheese cloth #1:
- 3 sticks cinnamon
- 5 whole cloves
- 5 cardamom seeds (expensive, by the way)
- 1 chopped orange peel
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- Cheese cloth #2:
- 1/2 lb. raisins
- 7 oz. blanched almonds
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- Boil in 2 cups water for 15 minutes:
- 1 cup sugar
- both cheeseclothed packages.
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- Add all the above (including the boiling water) to:
- 1.5 l. Port wine (Gallo)
- 750 ml. Sherry (Christian Brothers California Golden Sherry)
- 1 cup Absolut ( 250 ml.)
- (I felt that this was a bit too much sherry. you might try upping the port
- wine and lowering the amount of sherry, or replacing some of the sherry with
- a red wine.)
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- Warm it all until finger warm. then remove from heat as soon as it gets to
- the finger warm stage, cover (with plastic), and let sit 2 weeks.
- After 2 weeks, try it. if its ready, throw out the cheese cloth with the
- spices and keep the almonds and raisins for putting in with the drinks.
- Do not store with the raisins in after the point when it tastes good or
- else, it tends to become raisin juice.
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- To serve: place some raisins and almonds (the pre-spiked ones) into some of
- the concoction, heat (do not boil) and serve.
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- For a longer sitting period (4 weeks), decrease the amount of spices, etc.
- (but don't decrease the amount of sugar), and maybe skip the step where
- you warm the whole concoction before storage.
- For a shorter sitting period, increase the amount of spices (not the sugar)
- and warm the whole concoction before storage for several hours (like 5 or 6,
- not the 3 or 4 minutes of the 2 week method) at finger warm. It should not
- be stored for less than 2 days.
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- Swedish Glogg:
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- 1 cup blanched almonds
- 12 cardamon seeds, peeled
- 12 cloves whole
- 6 2.5" cinnamon sticks
- 6 candied oranges or peel of one orange
- 1 btl Burgundy or Claret (26 oz)
- 1 cup dark raisins
- 1 btl Brandy or Aquavit (26 oz)
- 1 cup cube sugar, crush
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- Put cardamon seeds, cinnamon, cloves and orange parts in nylon bag and tie
- top. In large saucepan put bag, half bottle of the wine, and the raisins.
- Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Add remaining wine and the almond; heat
- through. In another saucepan warm about 1/3 of the brandy (or aquavit);
- pour in sugar and light with match to flame. When sugar has melted, pour in
- the remainder of brandy. If necessary extinguish flame with cover lid. Add
- sugar mixture to wine mixture. Pour in cups with raisins and almonds in each
- serving.
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- HOT SPICED WINE
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- 2 quarts dry Red Wine
- 1/2 Stick of Cinnamon
- 6 whole Cardamoms, bruised
- 3/4 Cup sugar
- 5 whole Cloves
- 1 Cup whole Almonds, blanched and peeled
- 1 piece fresh Ginger (1")
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- Mix the spices with the wine and leave to steep overnight. Add the sugar,
- and bring the mixture almost to a boil. Remove from the heat, stir in
- the almonds and serve hot from an electric fondue pot or a crock pot set
- to low.
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