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Christmas Feuerzangenbowle

Feuerzangenbowle, flaming mulled wine punch

Drinks

The spectacular German Christmas wine: a sweet bread soaked in strong rum, flambéed over spiced red wine infused with orange, cinnamon, and cloves.

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Recipe from Merkel, NeuerNutzer2009, Altfelde and 4 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Feuerzangenbowle is a traditional German drink that requires patience and care. It is a mixture of red wine, caramelized sugar, and rum, which is flambé to add an intense caramel flavor to the drink.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Resting5 min
  • Total1 hr 5 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodflash, manipulation
  • Estimated cost$19.91 $1.99 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

10 people
  • $10.98
  • $0.00
  • $7.68
  • $1.25

Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 4 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Warm the wine in a saucepan, but do not let it boil.
  2. Peel the oranges thoroughly and cut them into pieces. ≈ 8 min
  3. Light the fuel source of the stove and place the mug of mulled wine on top. ≈ 3 min
  4. Place the punch bowl across the saucepan, and the sugar bread in the center. ≈ 3 min
  5. Fill a ladle halfway with rum and slowly pour it over the sugar bread to soak it, then bake it. ≈ 10 min
  6. When the flame begins to die down, fill the ladle about three-quarters full with rum and pour it in slowly. Be careful: pouring too quickly can cause the rum to ignite in the ladle and create a large flame. Never pour directly from the bottle.
  7. Remove the tongs and add another half-cup to a ladle of rum that hasn’t been flambéed. ≈ 3 min
  8. Add the cinnamon, cloves, and orange, and let it steep for 5 minutes on the stovetop.

The bill

Feuerzangenbowle, flaming mulled wine punch

  • 2 to 3 liters of dry red wine$10.98
  • 1 loaf of bread with sugar (sugar loaf)$0.00
  • 400 ml of rum with an alcohol content of at least 54% (ideally 80%)$7.68
  • 2 oranges$1.25

Total$19.91

that's $1.99 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 to 3 liters of dry red wine
  • 1 loaf of bread with sugar (sugar loaf)
  • 400 ml of rum with an alcohol content of at least 54% (ideally 80%)
  • 2 oranges
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 5 cloves of allspice

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