Alcohol Free Mulled Wine (Glögg)

You Need:

1 liter apple juice
1 splash orange juice optional
1/2 lemon, juice
400 ml blackcurrant concentrate (Norwegian: ublandet solbærsaft)
600-1000 ml water 2.5-4 cups
750 ml red wine optional. 1 bottle
1 tbsp brown sugar
10 black peppercorns
6 allspice berries
6 cloves
4 slices ginger
2 cinnamon sticks + more for garnish
1 star anis + more for garnish
zest from half an orange
slices of half a lemon
slices of half an orange + more for garnish

Mulled Wine Glögg

INSTRUCTIONS

Find a saucepan of 3 liter or more, and add in all the ingredients. Add in all the spices, sliced ginger, saft/concentrate + water, apple juice, sliced orange and lemon, juice of half a lemon, zest of half an orange and the brown sugar. Everything apart from the red wine. You can add it at this point if everyone want alcohol. But remember that you only want the wine to heat up, not boil.
Whenever you see smoke starting to evolve, just remove from the heat and let it rest for around 20-30 minutes. This will let all the spices blend with the liquids. But before resting time, I like to remove the orange and lemon slices to avoid getting too bitter glögg.
You may want to reheat it just a little when it is done steeping. That's also when you'll heat your red wine if you're separating the two. Remove the whole spices from the mix and it's ready! Garnish each glass with an orange or clementine slice, cinnamon stick and star anise. But remember that the garnishes may give it an even stronger flavor.


RECIPE NOTES
Author: Stine Mari from Ginger with Spice