Bored with turkey and trimmings?
A Swedish Christmas may just be the change you need.
IKEA has just about everything you need to host a party: meatballs, salmon, all sorts of cheeses, finger foods, and even bottled Glögg, a traditional Scandinavian spiced fruit drink, more commonly known as mulled wine. It’s usually served hot and is perfect for cold winter nights.
Try this Glögg recipe for your next Christmas party:
Ingredients:
- 1 bottle of red wine (inexpensive)
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup (50 ml – 100 ml) vodka (optional)
- 5 – 20 whole cloves
- 1 large teaspoonful cardamom seeds
- 2 – 4 pieces (sticks) cinnamon
- 1 – 2 pieces ginger
- Peel from half a lemon
- 1/2 – 1 cup (125 – 250 ml) sugar
- 1 large teaspoonful vanilla sugar
Preparation:
Crush the cinnamon and cardamom. Peel the lemon. Put all the spices and peel into a glass jar with the vodka.
Cover. Leave overnight. Strain the vodka, and discard the spices.
Mix the spiced vodka with the wine and sugar.
Heat all the ingredients in a large saucepan until steaming hot. Do not boil! Stir and taste.
If not sweet enough, add more sugar. If too sweet, add more wine.
If you rather not make it from scratch, you can get Glögg from IKEA, all brewed for you: VINTERSAGA Mulled fruit drink.
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