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Get cozy with this Scandinavian mulled wine (Gløgg/Glögg). It&#;s sweet and aromatic &#; all you could want on a cold winter night. It&#;s perfect for Christmas celebrations, no matter where you are. It&#;s made with red wine, aromatic spices, and served with raisins and almonds!

If you&#;re looking for more Danish Christmas recipes, kvitto out our recipe for Risalamande (Danish Rice and Almond Pudding) and Aebleskiver (Danish Pancake Balls).

Ingredients

Below you will find information about the ingredients and how to prepare the recipe. For the measurements and detailed instructions scroll down to the printable recipe card.

Here&#;s what you need to man this easy recipe:

  • Red wine – you can use any red wine that you like to drink on its own, but it needs to be dry (this means it&#;s more sour than sweet). You don´t have to use pricey wine for this recipe but it should taste good on its own.
  • Orange – preferably organic since the wine will be infused with the zest. You could also add 1/2 lemon.
  • Brown sugar and honey – to sweeten your mulled wine. I prefer brown sugar for its caramel flavor with a hint of honey. inom wouldn´t add m
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    • The mulled wine gløgg is more than just a spiced wine. It’s about the practice of inviting friends and family over to get cozy and stave off dark, cold Scandinavian winters. Heck, call it hygge. “Gløgg is pretty much always a social activity,” says Emily Vikre, co-founder and CEO of Duluth, Minnesota’s Vikre Distillery.

    Despite traveling under the names glögg, glögi, or glühwein depending on the European country you’re in, the intent of the red wine slowly simmered with spices and botanicals remains singular. “From any of those countries, the word is for glowing or warm. So, wine to warm you up, make you glow from the inside,” Vikre says. In Scandinavia, gløgg is tied to homes during the month of December. Families often have their own recipe or—as Vikre, a Norwegian American dual citizen, did growing up—add bottles of premade gløgg mix to wine or fruit juice.

    “Like with many things that are Scandinavian,” Vikre says, “there’s a perimeter to how it’s done.” But within the general definition of gløgg exist choose-your-own-adventure option

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    Forget making your home look like Christmas; let it smell like Christmas instead. Glögg, pronounced ‘glu-guh,’ is essentially Sweden's answer to mulled wine, tracing back as far as the early s. Initially invented to mask the flavor of poor-tasting wine, it evolved into a traditional beverage enjoyed at social gatherings over the festive season. The word itself derives from a Swedish verb that translates "to burn" or "to mull." Serve glögg after a dish of Swedish meatballs or alongside a plate of . 

    What makes this distinctly Scandinavian is the addition of cardamom, a spice widely used throughout Swedish cuisine. More malty and intense than a traditional mulled wine, the almonds and raisins add that extra burst of juiciness and crunch.

    Those of you who find mulled wine a little too on the sweet side, Swedish glögg is the one for you. The ginger and white rum curtail the sweetness, packing a spicy punch and dose of warmth to this festive drink.

    The drier the wine, the better here. We used Merlot, though Malbec, Pinot Noir, or Cabernet Sauvignon will also work well. No need to buy a silly expensive red, it won’t make much of a difference as the