Gluehwein

[Jackie]

JMBAUS,

I remember making Gluehwein over the holidays with fellow students when I lived in Germany.

I'm pretty sure that we bought a sugar cone that was a solid cone of sugar (shaped like an upside down ice cream cone). We soaked this in 90 proof rum, then lit it on fire, allowing the molten sugar to run into the rest of the recipe -- which consisted of a rather inexpensive red jug wine, aromatic spices and some lemon or oranges (I think).

The result was very sweet and potent. It tasted great ... but yielded one huge headache the next day.

But it was WELL worth it, as I recall.... [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

Jackie

P.S. I think this is the original recipe. "Glueh" means "glow" in German, and I've always assumed the name "glow wine" or "Gluehwein" refers to the glow from the burning sugar cone as it melts and drips into the red wine mixture.

[This message has been edited by Jackie (edited 12-09-2000).]