Vodka, port, and spice Glögg

Glögg with vodka, port and spices

Drinks

A Polish version of Scandinavian mulled wine: cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon steeped in vodka for three days, then mixed with red wine, port, brandy, and …

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Glögg is the warm spiced wine of the Nordic countries. This Polish cookbook presents it as a “nalewka,” a homemade liqueur: the spices are first infused in vodka. It’s a festive drink, strong and fragrant, best served in small glasses.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Resting72 hr
  • Total72 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

20 people
  • $1.06
  • $0.97
  • $5.21
  • $3.50
  • $0.19
  • $0.56

To serve

  • $1.82
  • $2.30

Directions

  1. Place the cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon in a jar, cover with vodka, seal, and let it steep for 3 days.
  2. Prepare a syrup by dissolving the sugar in the water in the cup, then let it cool.
  3. Strain the vodka to remove the spices, then mix it with the red wine, port, syrup, brandy, and lemon juice. ≈ 4 min
  4. Heat gently, without boiling.
  5. Place a few grapes and some almonds in small glasses, then pour the warm glögg over them. ≈ 3 min

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 10 grams of whole cardamom pods
  • 10 grams of whole cloves
  • 25 grams of cinnamon sticks, broken into pieces
  • 1 liter of vodka
  • One bottle of ordinary dry red wine
  • ½ liter of port wine (any standard port will do)
  • 250 g of sugar
  • 1 cup of water
  • 0.1 liter of brandy
  • Half a lemon’s worth of juice
  • grape
  • blanched almonds

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