Swedish Glogg - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (750 ml) bottle dry red wine
1 cup orange juice
1 orange, zest of, cut into chunks
2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half
10 whole cloves, lightly crushed
10 whole cardamom pods, lightly crushed
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup sliced candied ginger
1/2 cup blanched almond, toasted
1 (750 ml) bottle port wine
2 cups brandy
1/2 cup sugar
8 orange slices

Preparation

Place wine, orange juice, orange peel, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, cranberries, ginger and almonds in a large saucepan and cook gently 1/2 hour.
Add the port and heat thoroughly but do not boil. If mixture comes to the boil the alcohol will evaporate.
Combine sugar with 1/2 cup of the brandy in a large saucepan. Warm it gently to dissolve the sugar. Add mixture to the wine.
Just before serving strain into a clean saucepan and heat gently. Stir in remaining brandy.
Serve in large wine glasses or mugs with orange slices.