The Red Lion Inn Christmas Drink Gloog
Nutrition
Calories: 250 kcalCarbohydrates: 52 gProtein: 11 gFat: 13 gSaturated Fat: 6 gSodium: 12 mgFiber: 7 gSugar: 42 gVitamin A: 0.125 IUCalcium: 58 mgIron: 10 mg
Ingredients
- 2 quarts red wine
- 1 pint sweet vermouth
- 5 oz whole clove 15 whole cloves
- 2 oz cinnamon stick 2 sticks 3 inches long
- 2 oz dried orange peel
- 2 oz cardamom seed 20 cardamom seeds
- 1-1/2 cups blanched almonds
- 1 ½ cups raisins
- 8 ½ oz lump sugar
- 1 cup vodka
Instructions
- Put all the ingredients except sugar and vodka in a saucepan and boil slowly for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Place a rack over the pan, and spread the sugar lumps out on it.
- Warm the vodka in a small saucepan, and pour it over the sugar lumps, saturating them. Carefully ignite the sugar, and let it melt into the gloog mixture. Stir.
- Strain into heated mugs or punch cups, and add a few of the cooked almonds and raisins to each cup. (Leftover gloog can be bottled and reheated.)