{"id":21,"date":"2014-12-19T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aninkitchen.com\/index.php\/2014\/12\/19\/learn-to-make-finnish-glogi-for-christmas\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T14:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T14:50:40","slug":"learn-to-make-finnish-glogi-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aninkitchen.com\/index.php\/2014\/12\/19\/learn-to-make-finnish-glogi-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to make Finnish Gl\u00f6gi for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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C<\/span>hristmas is coming very soon !!! Have you
\nhave any new idea about hot drink for winter time? You can try to make Gl\u00f6gi,
\nthe traditional Finnish warm drink in winter and Christmas. This traditional
\ndrink is tasty and healthy and little bit same style with mulled wine. I
\nusually buy a ready-made Gl\u00f6gi but this winter I made it for myself. I thought
\nit is difficult to make Gl\u00f6gi but it is very easy to make. Here is how I make Gl\u00f6gi for this Christmas.<\/span><\/div>\n

Gl\u00f6gi\u00a0<\/span>recipe<\/span><\/h3>\n
The traditional recipe for Finnish
\nGl\u00f6gi includes 5 main ingredients:<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dried orange peels<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cloves<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinnamon<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dried ginger<\/span><\/div>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Black currant juices<\/span><\/p>\n

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You can make Gl\u00f6gi with these
\nmain ingredients. But I will make Gl\u00f6gi with little more complicated recipe for
\nthis year. The ingredients I use are popular and you can find them in
\neverywhere. My ingredients include:<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span>
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 orange, 1 lemon<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4 or 5 slice of fresh ginger<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8 cloves<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 sticks of cinnamon<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4 cardamom seeds (optional)<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,5 l of black currant juice ( you can use red grape juice
\ntoo)<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 anise (optional) <\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 or 3 spoon of brown sugar (optional)<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Before making Gl\u00f6gi you can
\nspend some minute to do something:<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Washed the orange and lemon then peel thin slices of the
\nzest. <\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Squeeze the orange and lemon to use later<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Press ginger if you want stronger ginger taste<\/span><\/div>\n
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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Crush or press cardamom seeds<\/span><\/div>\n
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\n<\/span>
\nCook slowly with low heat until
\nthe drink is steaming hot about 90oC. Do not let the drink get even close to
\nboiling. Normally people can put all ingredients at the one time to make drink
\nbut I put ingredients steps by steps to have little bit complicated taste Gl\u00f6gi. <\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/b><\/span>
\nStep 1:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>Put cloves, cinnamon,
\ncardamom seed with black currant juice to cook first. At this stage you can put
\n1 tsp. of dried raisins to make sweet taste to Gl\u00f6gi.<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/b>
\nStep 2:<\/b> After 9 minutes I put
\nfresh ginger into the saucepan.<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/b>
\nStep 3:<\/b> Then put\u00a0<\/span>anise<\/span>\u00a0and
\nfresh oranges and lemon zest into the bowl at 12\u00a0minutes. Depend on your taste,
\nif you like stronger taste of\u00a0<\/span>anise<\/span>\u00a0you can put it\u00a0before 12 minutes. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/b><\/span>
\nStep 4:<\/b> At the 14 minutes I put
\noranges and lemon juices into the bowl. I put orange and lemon juice almost in
\nthe end to keep the vitamin and mineral in the juice. As after long time
\ncooking the juice will loss vitamin and mineral so I have to put it in almost
\nin the end. <\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/b><\/span>
\nStep 5:<\/b> Stop cooking When the
\nbowl little boiling at the 15 minutes. Pour the drink through a sieve and serve
\nwith raisins and blanched almonds. You can add brown sugar if you want sweet
\ntaste, but normally in black currant juice include sugar already so I don\u2019t put
\nit into my drink. My Gl\u00f6gi now smell good with thick and complicated taste. <\/span><\/div>\n
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\n

Gl\u00f6gi with alcohol recipe<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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\n<\/span>
\nIf you
\nwant to make Gl\u00f6gi with alcohol you can use the same ingredient but with
\nalcohol:<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 orange, 1 lemon<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4 or 5 slice of fresh ginger<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8 cloves<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 sticks of cinnamon<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4 cardamom seeds<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 l of black currant juice (you can use red grape juice too)<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0<\/span>anise<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0,5 l of red wine<\/span><\/div>\n
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At the beginning you can do
\nalcohol Gl\u00f6gi in the same way as the recipes above. But in the step 5 before
\nstop cooking you can pour red wine into Gl\u00f6gi. After 1 or 2 minutes you can
\nstop cooking. The wine flavor maybe affected by boiling as Alcohol start to
\nevaporate for less than 80<\/span>o<\/span>C.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Alcohol Gl\u00f6gi is meant to be
\nenjoyed hot but not boiling hot. If you want to enjoy more alcohol you can
\nreduce the amount of black currant juice and adding more wine. But make sure
\nthat the red wine be warm for a short time. Some people can add some vodka
\nbefore serving, but maybe it is too strong for me. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Notices:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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