Advent is a period beginning with the Sunday nearest to the feast of St. Andrew the apostle and embracing four Sundays. The first Sunday may be as early as 27 November, and then Advent has twenty-eight days, or as late as 3 December, giving the season only twenty-one days.
With Advent the ecclesiastical year begins in the Western Churches. During this time the faithful are admonished to prepare themselves worthily. They celebrate the anniversary of the Lord's coming into the world as the incarnate God of love. They make their souls fitting abodes for the Redeemer coming in Holy Communion and through grace. Making themselves ready for His final coming as judge, at death and at the end of the world.
Glogg Recipe
Glögg is a hot drink, also known as gluhwein, mulled wine or hot, spicy wine. People celebrating Advent are allowed to drink it all through December. Warms your whole body! It's best served with almonds, raisins and ginger cookies.
48 oz. Bottled water
24 oz. Port
24 oz. Bordeaux wine
24 oz. Rose Wine
3 1/2 cups vodka
8 whole cloves
1 large teaspoon of cardamom seeds
4 - 8 pcs (sticks) of cinnamon
2 - 4 pcs of ginger
24 packages of sweetner
1 large teaspoon of vanilla sugar
1/2 cup blanched almonds
2 cups prunes
2 tablespoons grated orange peel
2 tablespoons grated lemon peel
1 cup seedless raisins
1 package Ginger Bread Cookies
Using a very large stockpot (1.5 gallon). Bring water to a boil.
Crush cinnamon and cardamom.
Add the spices and peel tied in a cheese cloth bag.
Cover, reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
Add the almonds, raisins, prunes and enough additional water to cover the fruit.
Bring back up to a boil, lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
Add Bordeaux wine, port, rose wine and vodka.
Bring to boil and remove immediately from heat.
Cool and allow to stand in the refrigerator in covered containers overnight. (Juice jugs work great!)
When ready to serve, remove the spice bag.
Reheat.
Sweetener to taste.
Serve in heated mugs or small glasses with a few almonds, raisins and gingerbread cookies.
The Glögg will be even spicier and gets a fuller taste if you bottle it and leave it for a week. You can also leave out the vodka if you wish something with less alcohol.
History of Port:
Port, a fortified wine, is generally sweet, grapey and rich. There are three types - ruby, tawny and white. The English found the wine of Portugal's mountainous Douro River valley in the 17th century. In 1820 there was a particularly ripe vintage. All the sugars in the juice couldn't be changed to alcohol, so a sweet, rich wine was made. English consumers demanded more, and so producers began to stop distillation sooner and sooner by adding increasing amounts of brandy to copy the prized wine of 1820. Though Port had been crafted in the Douro Valley of Northern Portugal for centuries, it was the British merchants of the 17th and 18th centuries who helped transform Port into one of the world's finest wines.
History of Bordeaux wine:
Bordeaux is the largest and most important fine wine-producing region of France. Bordeaux wines are often sold as generic but are now more usually seen with the name of the property or chateau displayed than that of the appellation. Red wines are made from three varieties - Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot - which are blended together to give a particular style. Cabernet Sauvignon & Cabernet Franc give high tannin and acidity to the wine with an aroma that suggests blackcurrants. Merlot is a grape variety, which produces higher alcohol, has a softer taste than the Cabernet. No one Bordeaux tastes the same as another, so your best bet when buying Bordeaux Wine is to think of which one you'd like to drink. That's where tasting wine before you buy it is a good idea.
History of Vodka:
Vodka was created in the twelfth century, probably in Russia, Poland, or Persia. Starting out as a crude, rye-based spirit used for medical purposes, vodka was known in Russian as zhiznennia vodka. By the eighteenth century vodka was being distilled throughout the Russian Empire from barley, maize or, more popularly, potatoes. In the USA, production of vodka started in the 1930s, under the guidance of a Russian who had learned the secrets of its distilling from the Smirnoff family. The Smirnoff family had been the exclusive suppliers of vodka to the Czar.
History of Garlic:
Garlic has long been credited with supplying and prolonging physical strength. A member of the Lily Family, garlic is a cousin to leeks, chives, onions and shallots.History of Cardamom:
A member of the ginger family, it has a pungent aroma and a warm, spicy-sweet flavor. Use it frugally because a little goes a long way.
With Advent the ecclesiastical year begins in the Western Churches. During this time the faithful are admonished to prepare themselves worthily. They celebrate the anniversary of the Lord's coming into the world as the incarnate God of love. They make their souls fitting abodes for the Redeemer coming in Holy Communion and through grace. Making themselves ready for His final coming as judge, at death and at the end of the world.
Glogg Recipe
Glögg is a hot drink, also known as gluhwein, mulled wine or hot, spicy wine. People celebrating Advent are allowed to drink it all through December. Warms your whole body! It's best served with almonds, raisins and ginger cookies.
48 oz. Bottled water
24 oz. Port
24 oz. Bordeaux wine
24 oz. Rose Wine
3 1/2 cups vodka
8 whole cloves
1 large teaspoon of cardamom seeds
4 - 8 pcs (sticks) of cinnamon
2 - 4 pcs of ginger
24 packages of sweetner
1 large teaspoon of vanilla sugar
1/2 cup blanched almonds
2 cups prunes
2 tablespoons grated orange peel
2 tablespoons grated lemon peel
1 cup seedless raisins
1 package Ginger Bread Cookies
Using a very large stockpot (1.5 gallon). Bring water to a boil.
Crush cinnamon and cardamom.
Add the spices and peel tied in a cheese cloth bag.
Cover, reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
Add the almonds, raisins, prunes and enough additional water to cover the fruit.
Bring back up to a boil, lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
Add Bordeaux wine, port, rose wine and vodka.
Bring to boil and remove immediately from heat.
Cool and allow to stand in the refrigerator in covered containers overnight. (Juice jugs work great!)
When ready to serve, remove the spice bag.
Reheat.
Sweetener to taste.
Serve in heated mugs or small glasses with a few almonds, raisins and gingerbread cookies.
The Glögg will be even spicier and gets a fuller taste if you bottle it and leave it for a week. You can also leave out the vodka if you wish something with less alcohol.
History of Port:
Port, a fortified wine, is generally sweet, grapey and rich. There are three types - ruby, tawny and white. The English found the wine of Portugal's mountainous Douro River valley in the 17th century. In 1820 there was a particularly ripe vintage. All the sugars in the juice couldn't be changed to alcohol, so a sweet, rich wine was made. English consumers demanded more, and so producers began to stop distillation sooner and sooner by adding increasing amounts of brandy to copy the prized wine of 1820. Though Port had been crafted in the Douro Valley of Northern Portugal for centuries, it was the British merchants of the 17th and 18th centuries who helped transform Port into one of the world's finest wines.
History of Bordeaux wine:
Bordeaux is the largest and most important fine wine-producing region of France. Bordeaux wines are often sold as generic but are now more usually seen with the name of the property or chateau displayed than that of the appellation. Red wines are made from three varieties - Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot - which are blended together to give a particular style. Cabernet Sauvignon & Cabernet Franc give high tannin and acidity to the wine with an aroma that suggests blackcurrants. Merlot is a grape variety, which produces higher alcohol, has a softer taste than the Cabernet. No one Bordeaux tastes the same as another, so your best bet when buying Bordeaux Wine is to think of which one you'd like to drink. That's where tasting wine before you buy it is a good idea.
History of Vodka:
Vodka was created in the twelfth century, probably in Russia, Poland, or Persia. Starting out as a crude, rye-based spirit used for medical purposes, vodka was known in Russian as zhiznennia vodka. By the eighteenth century vodka was being distilled throughout the Russian Empire from barley, maize or, more popularly, potatoes. In the USA, production of vodka started in the 1930s, under the guidance of a Russian who had learned the secrets of its distilling from the Smirnoff family. The Smirnoff family had been the exclusive suppliers of vodka to the Czar.
History of Garlic:
Garlic has long been credited with supplying and prolonging physical strength. A member of the Lily Family, garlic is a cousin to leeks, chives, onions and shallots.History of Cardamom:
A member of the ginger family, it has a pungent aroma and a warm, spicy-sweet flavor. Use it frugally because a little goes a long way.
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