Hot wine

The hot wine is a drink made up of Vin generally red (but sometimes white) and spices and consumed mainly in winter.

Particularly appreciated in the Germanic countries under the name of " Glühwein" , especially during the gone of Christmas, typical in Germany, Alsace, Austria, as in Belgium and with the Netherlands or even in Poland and Czech Republic.

Receipt of the hot Wine

It is starting from wine and of cinnamon which this drink begins. It is necessary there to associate a sweetening base and to put to heat. Then any drift according to the tastes or the practices of each family or area. The wine is traditionally red but the experiments are not excluded. It can even be bouchonné. The rule of gold , it is that the preparation should NEVER boil . 80 degrees is the temperature not to be exceeded. The preparations the day before are current. In order to make a success of its maceration, it is necessary to hope a good hour on fire. On the other hand, more cooking is long, more the degree of alcohol is weak.

For the children the receipt adapts with grape juice.

Various ingredients with the choice

red wine (dry, constructed, tannic)
grooves (in sticks preferably)

then, it is possible to add:

of the sugars: candy sugar, brown sugar, Brown sugar, Brown sugar, syrup of cane or honey
of alcohols: brandy, Oporto, cognac, rum, vodka (all things considered)
of the fruits: lemon, orange, dry fig, dryed grapes, spilt almond.
of various spices: Star anise, cloves, Nutmeg, Cardamome, Vanilla, Ginger, Pepper S.

Proportions

They will depend on your tastes. To test and adopt your own proportions. More spices and fruits will attenuate the piêtres qualities of the wine.

Dexterity: tricks and easy ways

To flame alcohol, at the beginning, will withdraw acidity.
To prepare a small fabric muslin bag to gather the ingredients intended for the maceration. Bottoms and sticking spun can be recovered for this purpose.
To prepare a dry grape bottle (to be eaten) with rum one week in advance.
For the fresh fruits: citrus fruits juice and/or peel
To rectify the taste with water
To decorate glass with service with a small orange disc.
sandstone glass stores the heat well.
the drink will gain in flavor if it is bottled, after cooling, and is preserved cooled one week.

Accompaniment

Small scones with the grapes dryed
Apfelkuchen
Tart with rhubarb
Cake with the jam of morello cherries
Napfkuchen
roasted Sweet chestnuts
County (maximum refining)

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