Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 3/4 cup whole almonds
- 5 cardamom pods, peeled
- 10 whole cloves
- 5 cinnamon sticks
- 1 zest of one orange
- 1 bottle burgundy, claret, port or red wine
- 1 cup raisins, light or dark
- 1 bottle brandy, vodka or aquavit
- 3/4 cup crushed sugar cubes
Instruction
- Toast almonds in a skillet for 2 to 3 minutes. Set aside.
- Combine spices and orange zest in a nylon bag or cheesecloth. Tie bag or cheesecloth closed. Put the bag, half the wine and raisins in a saucepan and simmer 20 minutes. Do Not Boil. Add remaining wine and almonds.
- In s separate saucepan, heat 1/3 of the brandy, vodka or aquavit, pour in the sugar and light with a match, when sugar is melted, cover pan to extinguish the flame, then add the remaining liquor and add the brandy, vodka or aquavit mixture, to the wine and spice mixture.
- Serve hot in small cups while sitting down:)
