More glögg

The omnipresent saffron in a glögg and an alcohol free variety with the new super berry. 

  • Saffron glögg. Recipe from alltommat.se Photo: Wolfgang Kleinschmidt.

  • More gloegg
    Looking for more, and other gloegg recipes? Feel like trying something a bit different? Here are a couple that we picked up at alltommat.se
    Feel like inviting friends over for a glögg party? Here's a guide to The quick and easy Gloegg Party

  • Blueberry glögg. Recipe from alltommat.se Photo: Ove Lindfors.

  • Saffron glögg
    1 bottle white wine
    2 cinnamon sticks
    5 white peppercorns
    5 cloves
    0.5 g saffron
    1 vanilla pod (cut it open and remove the seeds)
    0.5-1 Tablespoon liquid honey
    1 orange (peeled and sliced; the entire orange will be used)
    1 Tablespoon confectioner’s sugar
    Put all ingredients except the confectioner’s sugar in a pot and bring to a simmer, don’t let it boil! Remove from heat and let it sit for about one hour. Strain but try to save the vanilla pod and the cinnamon. Reheat and add confectioner’s sugar to taste. Serve in small glasses and decorate with a piece of cinnamon in each glass.
    Here are a couple of the other easy-to-make recipes we've collected through the years - one a regular, old-fashioned, one an apple glögg - Glögg Recipes

  • Glögg, mulled wine, a classic Swedish drink around Christmas.

  • Alcohol-free blueberry glögg
    4 cups blueberry juice
    2 pieces bitter orange peel
    1 cinnamon stick
    6 cloves
    0.5 Tablespoon cardamom seeds
    4 oz orange juice, freshly squeezed
    blanched almonds and raisins
    Mix all ingredients except the orange juice in a pot. Bring to a simmer, remove from heat and let stand 2-3 hours. Strain away the spice. Mix in the orange juice at the time of serving. Reheat. Serve with almonds and raisins.

  • The Swedish super berries? Super berries with 'phytochemicals'

  • Looking for a guide to a Swedish Christmas?

    – then take a look at ‘God Jul - Recipes for a Swedish Christmas’ The book offers all of the traditional dishes, translated for the American home and modified to fit today’s lifestyle. 72 beautifully photographed and inspiring recipes covering herring dishes, cold fish dishes, cold meat dishes, vegetarian dishes, hot dishes, cheese & bread and of course yummy desserts.