Mellow Glogg for a Freezing Night

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 madeira wine
• raisins, and almonds to decorate
• 375 ml beer
• 5 cardamom seeds
• 5 cloves

Directions

1. 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. 2

   Next day, heat and add sugar and further 5 cardamon seeds and 5 cloves.

3. 3

   Add port or madeira.

4. 4

   Add raisins and almonds to taste and just before serving , add a stubby of beer.

5. 5

   Serve hot in glasses with some of the raisins and almonds.