The Professor's Glogg

Submitted by CJAY8248

"I found this on alleasyrecipes.com. I'm posting it for ZWT 6. Sweden Scandinavia"

 

• Ready In: 13hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 4 1/2 quarts
• Serves: 20-25

ingredients

• 2 quarts dry red wine
• 2 quarts muscatel
• 1 pint sweet vermouth
• 2 tablespoons Angostura bitters
• 2 cups raisins
• peelings of 1 orange
• 12 whole cardamoms, bruised in a mortar with a pestle (or crushed with a rolling pin after covering with a towel)
• 10 whole cloves
• 1 piece about 2 inches fresh ginger
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 1 1⁄2 cups aquavit
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 2 cups whole almonds, blanched and peeled

directions

1. In a 6-8 quart enameled or stainless-steel pot, mix together the dry red wine, muscatel, sweet vermouth, bitters, raisins, orange peel and slightly crushed cardamoms, whole cloves, ginger and cinnamon.
2. Cover and let the mixture stand at least 12 hours so that the flavors will develop and mingle. Shortly before serving, add the aquavit and the sugar.
3. Stir well and bring it to a full boil over high heat. Remove at once from the heat, stir in the almonds and serve the hot "Glogg" in mugs.
4. In Sweden, a small spoon is placed in each mug to scoop up the almonds and raisins.