Traditional drinks for Christmas

Glü hwein (mulledwein) is a hot red wine, which is a hot drink during Christmas. Drinking a cup of hot Christmas red wine to warm up is delicious and healthy. Th

Glü hwein (mulledwein) is a hot red wine, which is a hot drink during Christmas. Drinking a cup of hot Christmas red wine to warm up is delicious and healthy. There is also alcohol-free red wine specially prepared for children, which is suitable for the whole family to drink. Hot red wine is sold fresh in the Christmas market. You can also buy semi-finished products in the supermarket and even make it at home.

In addition to the ingredients of general red wine, hot red wine is also flavored with different spices, the most common ones are cinnamon, star anise, clove, lemon and so on.

The base wine of hot red wine also varies from country to country. The hot red wine you drink in Germany is mainly red wine, so it is called hot "red wine". White wine is mostly used in northern Italy, but it is mixed with red and white in Austria. Of course, hot red wine is not limited to wine. The spirit version of hot red wine is called Punsch, which uses rum, brandy or liqueur to create its rich flavor.

Keep the temperature of hot red wine at about 80 degrees, because alcohol will start to volatilize above 78 degrees, which will change the taste of hot red wine. Therefore, when making hot red wine, we should be careful not to boil it with big fire, and we should also pay attention to small fire when keeping warm.

According to the regulations, the alcohol content of hot red wine is above 7%. With the extension of the heat preservation time of hot red wine, although the alcohol volatilizes correspondingly, the water in red wine volatilizes more, and the strength of the wine will become stronger and stronger. Therefore, the taste, aroma and alcohol content of newly cooked hot red wine are different from those of hot red wine preserved for more than an hour.

Experts suggest drinking freshly baked hot red wine as much as possible, which is dominant in both taste and health. So, this Christmas, make fresh hot berries yourself.

How to heat red wine at Christmas

Ingredients: red wine, cinnamon, clove, fennel, lemon peel and lemon, honey or sugar.

1, cut the lemon yellow skin thin without white skin, or it will taste bitter.

2. Put red wine, cinnamon, cloves, aniseed and lemon peel into a boiling pot, turn off the fire immediately after boiling with low heat, add honey to taste, and then pour into a cup to drink while it is hot.

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1, don't use high-end wine. Cooking wine that you can't drink at home or the cheapest will do. Supermarkets also have special bottled hot red wine.

2. Use a small fire when cooking red wine to avoid the volatile aroma produced by the violent boiling of red wine.

3, in addition to the spices listed here, can be made according to personal preferences. You can use oranges instead of lemons and add various seasonings to your hands, such as peppers. You can also add dried Goss fruits such as cranberries, dried apricots and kumquat, which will bring more fruity flavor to the hot red wine.