Glühwein
Author: The Drink Blog
Recipe type: Drinks
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Serves: 4
- ½ cup honey
- 5 whole cloves
- 2 cardamom pods
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup OJ
- Rind of one orange
- 750 ml red wine (one bottle, drinkable, but not expensive)
- Golden rum
- Glass type: mug
- Add honey, spices, OJ, orange rind and water to a pot.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Simmer.
- Remove spices and rind from the syrup.
- Add a bottle of red wine to the newly spiced holiday syrup.
- Bring up to a simmer.
- Simmer mind you, not boil.
- Don't scorch your wine now.
- Hold!
- Hold!
- Hold!
- NOW!
- Ladle into mugs.
- Pleasantly warm, yes?
- Top with as much golden rum as you want to increase your festiveness (I like plenty, Alice prefers some, choose your adventure).
- Garnish with a fresh orange twist.
Recipe by The Drink Blog at https://thedrinkblog.com/gluhwein/
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