Glühwein

Glühwein is a traditional German mulled wine often served as an après-ski warmer. Syrah is well-suited to mulled wine recipes thanks to its dry-yet-fruity full-bodied flavour, and you can find more great wine recommendations like this by downloading the SommTM app today.

Course Drinks

Cuisine German

Keyword Gluhwein, Let's Get Blitzen, Mulled Wine, Red Wine, Somm, Strega, Syrah, Wine Cocktails

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Servings 8 drinks

Author Yvonne Langen

Ingredients

1 bottle Syrah
12 oz cream sherry
10 oz Strega or Yellow Chartreuse
Peels and juice from ½ an orange
1 oz gingerbread syrup
3 cinnamon sticks
Garnish: cinnamon stick
Garnish: star anise
Garnish: orange peel

Gingerbread Syrup

1 cup demerara sugar
1 cup water
2 tbsp molasses
2 tbsp fresh ginger thinly sliced
1 tsp whole allspice berries
1 tsp whole black peppercorns
5 whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick

Instructions

Add all ingredients into a slow cooker and set temperature to “low” for approximately one hour.
Switch to “keep warm” and serve in heatproof mugs.
Garnish each glass with a swath of orange peel, cinnamon stick, and star anise.

Gingerbread Syrup

In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine all ingredients listed. Bring to a boil, stirring to make sure the ingredients blend together.
Reduce heat to medium low and let simmer for about 20 minutes until syrup is slightly thickened.
Cool to room temperature.
Carefully strain the whole ingredients out of the syrup. Once cool enough to handle, store the gingerbread syrup in a swing top bottle or mason jar and keep in the fridge. Syrup will keep for at least a month.