Non-Alcoholic Glühwein
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A recipe for Non-Alcoholic Glühwein that tastes reminiscent of the original, featuring grape and pomegranate juice, spices, and citrus.
Ingredients
  • 2 cups grape juice
  • 1⅓ cups pomegranate juice
  • ½ cup fresh orange juice
  • ½ cup water
  • zest of half an orange (use a vegetable peeler to remove strips)
  • zest of half a lemon (same process as the orange)
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 4 cloves
  • 1 star anise
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 4g black tea or green tea, steeped in 1 cup hot water
Instructions
  1. Pour the grape juice, pomegranate juice, orange juice, and water into a pot over medium heat. Stir in the citrus zests, cinnamon, cloves, star anise, and bay leaf.
  2. Bring it just to a boil, turn off the heat, and cover the pot. Allow the glühwein to steep for 1 hour off the heat to bring out the flavors of the spices and zests.
  3. After 1 hour, brew the 4g of tea in 1 cup hot water. After brewing for 5 minutes, strain and pour the tea into the steeped glühwein.
  4. Before serving, turn the heat back on the glühwein to get it hot. Strain it into mugs or heat safe glasses and serve hot.
Notes
-Be sure to use good quality, 100% juices for both the grape and pomegranate juices. Juice blends are mostly apple or pear juice and will not have the right flavor. If you can find a grape juice that isn't Concord grape variety, go with that. If Concord is all you can find, no problem, it's still yummy.

-You can change up the spices if you want. Use nutmeg, mace, cardamom, coriander seeds, black pepper, or fennel seeds.

-If you want to turn this into a traditional glühwein, replace the juices with 1 bottle or 750mL of red wine. Add as much sugar as desired. Add a total of ¾ to 1 cup (about 180mL to 235mL) of water and skip the tea, as it's not needed. Don't let it come to a boil, rather let it heat to just under a boil.
Recipe by Lands & Flavors at https://www.landsandflavors.com/non-alcoholic-gluhwein/