Glühwein / Mulled Wine - The Best Recipe

We’ve seen a lot of reasons to stay home lately, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy the nice things in life.

If you’re longing for those magical German Christmas Market moments, but you’re staying home. Or you have special memories of sharing Glühwein with someone special somewhere on the ski slopes of Mayrhofen...

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Here are two easy recipes for making Glühwein at home.

#1 Glühwein Recipe

The first recipe (video below) is for beginners or those of us just wanting to try the recipe, or maybe you need a recipe that is just enough for 2 – 4 people.

#2 Glühwein Recipe

The second recipe (below) is for 8 – 12 cups – you decide if it is for 4 people or 6 people… 🙂

Ingredients

2 Bottles of good-quality red wine (Schiava from South Tirol, might be a good option)
2 ½ Cups water
140 g sugar
2 fresh lemons (the juice)
6 whole cloves
2 cinnamon sticks (do not try and use the powder as you need to remove the sticks in the end)
Orange slices for decoration

Method

Pour the wine into a saucepan
Add the rest of the ingredients
Heat to just under boiling point (Do not boil)
Remove the cinnamon and cloves
Serve with orange slices as decoration

It is a time for love and cheer, A time for making memories, To last throughout the year.

What is Glühwein ?

Mulled wine, also known as spiced wine, is a beverage usually made with red wine which is heated with various spices. It is served warm and is particularly served at Christmas Markets all around Europe.

Although ‘Glühwein’ is traditional in German-speaking countries and in the region of Alsace in France, you will find many Christmas markets around the world serving Glühwein / Mulled Wine.

Glögg /gløgg / glögi is the term used for mulled wine in the Nordic countries (sometimes spelled as glog or glug). It is spelled gløgg in Norwegian, Danish, and Faroese, glögg in Swedish and Icelandic, and glögi in Finnish and Estonian.

In Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, gløgg or glögg is often drunk at Christmas events. The main ingredients of alcoholic glögg are red wine, sugar, spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves, and bitter orange, and optionally also stronger spirits such as vodka, akvavit, rum, or brandy. – Wikipedia

In Hungary, forralt bor (“boiled wine”) is typically made from the country’s popular Egri Bikavér. Sometimes Amaretto is added for extra taste.

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