Mellow Glogg For A Freezing Night

Total Time: 48 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 48 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3 (750 ml) bottles dry red wine
• 350 ml vodka
• 350 ml brandy
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 lemon, peel only
• 250 g dried figs
• 15 cardamom seeds, peeled seeds
• 15 cloves
• 3 pieces ginger
• 150 g sugar, to taste
• 750 ml port wine or 750 ml madeira wine
• raisins, and almonds to decorate
• 375 ml beer
• 5 cardamom seeds
• 5 cloves

Recipe

• 1 1/2 bottle of red wine, all vodka and brandy and all spices, lemon, figs heated to boil and left overnight. this forms the base.
• 2 next day, heat and add sugar and further 5 cardamon seeds and 5 cloves.
• 3 add port or madeira.
• 4 add raisins and almonds to taste and just before serving , add a stubby of beer.
• 5 serve hot in glasses with some of the raisins and almonds.