The Professors Glogg Recipes

Steps:

• Family recipe and Modern recipe: Place all spices, vodka or cognac, depending on recipe, in a glass jar overnight. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve into a saucepot. Add the wine and sugar. Heat very slowly until hot and the sugar has dissolved. Make sure that the brew does not boil. Serve in small cups or mugs and garnish with raisins and almonds.

Steps:

• In large pot, combine all ingredients EXCEPT the wine. Simmer, covered, for about 1 hour.
• Add the wine, bring to a near boil, and turn off the heat.
• Strain the liquid through the strainer into another large bowl or pitcher.
• From the leftover fruit mixture, take one cinnamon stick and a few almonds and put them into each wine bottle.
• Use the funnel to pour liquid back into wine bottles.

Steps:

• Tie cloves, cardamom pods and seeds, cinnamon, and gingerroot in cheesecloth bag.
• Heat spice bag, water, almonds, raisins, prunes, and orange to boiling in a 4 quart Dutch oven, reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer 45 minutes.
• Remove spice bag, prunes and orange.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Cover and heat over medium heat until mixture begins to bubble.
• Ladle almond half and a few raisins into each cup before filling with hot glogg.