A Christmas Tradition

Thomas’ GLÖGG Recipe
1 About three days before you get started making this recipe. Buy three navel oranges, peel them and slice the rinds into quarter inch strips. Lay the strips between paper towels and let them air dry for two or three days.
2 Other items: A large stock pot to total your fifths or quarts and gallon
containers so you don’t overfill your stock pot. Save all the bottles you purchased, you will be re-filling them. Also a funnel is a good idea, and a sieve that can handle a small fire (no plastic ones). A soup ladle, knife, fork, soup spoon, flame lighter, an extra bottle or two to help with any overage.
2a. 25 - cardamon seeds
2b. 10 -whole cloves
2c. 8 - cinnamon sticks
2d. ½ teaspoon nutmeg
2e. 1- pound of raisins
2f. 5 - Granny Smith, Gala, cored and sliced into wedges that will fit back
into your bottles.
2g. 8oz. of sliced almonds
2h. 1- cup of sugar cubes
3. 2 gallons of Port Wine is the base
1- quart or fifth of Rum your choice of light or dark. The liquors can be
inexpensive but not super cheap. “Don Q” price range will work.
1- quart or fifth of Brandy “E & J”
1- quart or fifth of Vodka “Gilbey’s or Gordon’s or Wiszniowka”
1- quart or fifth of Akavit (Alborg)
4. Pour all of the liquor into the wine base cooking pot EXCEPT the AKAVIT. Add the dried orange peels, apples, raisins, cloves, cinnamon sticks, cardamon, nutmeg.
4a Use a sieve that will handle a small amount of heat NO PLASTIC.
4b ADD sugar cubes5 or six at a time pour Akavit over cubes to saturate them then set them on fire to caramelize the sugar cubes and let them plop into the pot.
4c Heat at lowest temp or flame for two hours let cool then reload your clean bottles. Don’t forget to leave enough room in the bottles to include a little fruit for each container. I prefer not to leave the cinnamon sticks in the bottles, they give off a slight bitter dry taste. Since you’ll be storing the liquor for a while. Be “sanitation conscious” use clean implements, try not to handle fruit with bare hands. IF you Feel like drinking what your pouring, use a glass never from the bottle. Come the time to serve; pour a bottle into
the crock pot and ladle out; or serve by the glass heat in the micro wave.