Easy Glogg Recipe [Mulled Wine] VIDEO ☕ MasalaHerb.com (2024)

Make your own easy Glogg Recipe this winter season!

A cup of Scandinavianspiced mulled wine will heat you up to the core.

📕 What is Glogg?

Glogg (aka Glögi, Glödgat Vin, Gløgg or Glögg) is the name for the Scandinavian version of a Mulled Wine.

That means Glogg is prepared in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and even in Finland and Estonia.

Glogg is similar to the Austro-German Glühwein, yet there are a few differences.

🆚 Glogg vs Glühwein

Glogg and Glühwein are both hot mulled wine.

The major difference between Glogg and Glühwein is the strength of the alcoholic mulled wine.

While Glühwein can include water, Glogg doesn't.

Back in the day, Glogg was a means to heat up your ice cold body, so folks who would work in the outdoors at -20 Celsius would warm themselves up with a hot cup of spiced and heavily alcoholized Glogg.

The spices used in a Glogg and Gluehwein may vary.

This often while depends on the region or individual taste preferences.

Another difference between Glogg and Gluhwein is the addition of raisin and almonds to the Glogg.

It adds crunch and raisins make the hot beverage all the sweeter.

🔪 How to make it?

This is an overview of how this mulled wine comes together.

Step 1

Pour wine into a pot with orange liqueur and ginger pieces.

Add all the spices and mix in.

Step 2

Simmer, but don't boil, mulled wine so that the ingredients infuse the mulled wine.

Step 3

Take out whole spices. Add raisins and almonds and sweeten with sugar.

🥣 Ingredients

To prepare this glogg you will need only a handful of ingredients.

I have adjusted it so that everyone can prepare this recipe without having to buy difficult to get or rare ingredients.

Besides you can adjust the recipe to your liking.

Spices

Use only whole spices in this recipe because that way you can pick them out easily.

Powdered spices turn the Glogg grainy.

Whole spices can be simply picked out.

Cloves lend the mulled wine the edge.

Because this Scandinavian mulled wine is strong in alcohol content, you need to balance it out with a good amount of spices such as the aromatic clove.

Cinnamon adds an addictive sweetness to your clove.

If you don't have cinnamon, use cassia bark instead.

Green Cardamom pods will add a homely warm touch to your glögi, which you just can't miss!

Fresh Ginger is a must in my Glögg recipe because it rounds up all the other spice flavors beautifully and I like that little tickle combined with the strong sweet fruity red wine flavor.

Almonds and Raisins

Peeled or sliced almonds and raisins or sultanas are a common addition to most glogg family recipes in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Estonia.

Some people don't like them.

I personally love a lot of almonds and raisins because I get to spoon it out, Pauli likes a little less but wouldn't want to miss them in his hot cup of Glogg!

Choice of wine

Pick a wine that is fruity and sweet to give your glogg mulled wine a pleasant flavor.

Dry wines, on the other hand, are not suitable for mulling wine.

Also, don't waste an expensive wine bottle, it's just not right.

Use a budget or decently priced wine bottle.

Port Wine makes a great mulled wine!

Other ingredients

I like to add orange liqueur to make an easy glogg recipe.

I use CointrGrandr grand Marnier.

You can also use the Scandinavian white alcoholakvavit or similar alcohols such as vodka, rum, brandy, schnapps or even whiskey.

To add orange flavor to your mulled wine, pour in a few drops of bitter orange essence or cut in a slice of orange.

To sweeten the mulled wine add in sugar or honey to your liking.

🍯 Variations

Here some ideas for Glogg mulled wine variations/flavor ideas:

• non alcoholic Glogg - Switch the wine with red grape juice. Another option is to boil the glogg so that the alcohol evaporates. Glogg without alcohol is popular!
• low alcohol Glogg - Use ⅔ of the red wine in the recipe and use ⅓ water.
• white wine Glogg - Use white wine instead of the red wine
• Glogg with some akvavit, vodka, whiskey, rum or schnapps.

🍷 Serving

The best time of the year for a Glogg is during Christmas time but a delicious hot cup of Glogg mulled wine will please anyone standing in the cold.

Hence you can prepare this strong mulled wine on other occasions too such as:

• In Norway, Gløgg is often whileenjoyed with the Norwegian Rice Porridge during Christmas time
• New Years night while waiting outside for the fireworks spectacle
• During a skiing tournament - You can take your own mulled wine along in a kleankanteen flask.
• Whenever you feel like it in the night while sitting next to the hot flame in the stove.

Dear Reader, have you had Glogg in the past? How did you get to know about Glogg?

📖 Recipe