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A scenic 55-minute drive from
Cape Town International Airport
brings you to Hermanus Wines.
Take the N2 east to Somerset
West along Sir Lowry's Pass and
the Houw Hoek Pass. Take the
Kleinmond/Hermanus R43 turnoff
to Hermanus. On reaching the
Wine Village, just before
Hermanus, turn left onto the
Hemel-en-Aarde Road (R320)All
the wine farms featured here can
be found off this road. Many
other popular attractions and
top restaurants
await you.
Glühwein
is a warm winter
German version of
sangria; it should
taste like Christmas
spices and every
area has their own
jealously guarded
recipe. As long is
it tastes good the
exact ingredients
don’t really matter
and you could be
starting a new
tradition in your
family.
The basics are red
wine, spices,
sweetening and
fruit, heated to
together to diffuse
the flavours and
served warm to bring
relief to hands that
cup it and bodies
that drink it.
Ingredients: Makes
around 8 servings
• 1 bottle of red
wine. Use an
inexpensive full
bodied fruity wine.
You definitely do
not want to use an
expensive bottle and
try to avoid one
with oak aging. I
think a Gallo Ruby
Cabernet would be
ideal. Or a red
Zinfandel or Syrah -
Shiraz.
• 2 - Cinnamon
sticks – Cinnamon is
very traditional.
Break the sticks
into pieces 1 – 2
inches each
• 16 Whole Cloves –
again a traditional
ingredient
• 1 Orange
• 2 Tablespoons
runny honey
• 1 heaped teaspoon
mixed ground
Christmas cake
spices – or
equivalent amount of
any of ground
allspice, nutmeg,
coriander mixed
together
• Water – wineglass
full
Method
1. Put water in
large pan and place
over medium heat.
2. Add cinnamon
honey and spices.
3. While honey is
dissolving cut the
orange into quarter
lengthways, then cut
them in half so you
have eight pieces.
Push two of the
cloves into the skin
of each piece and
add to the pan.
4. Pour in all the
wine.
5. Bring the heat
up. It should not
boil so as when
bubbles start rising
turn the heat off.
6. As soon as it is
cool enough to
taste, test it for
sweetness. If it is
not sweet enough add
sugar to taste and
stir to dissolve.
7. Let the pan stand
for an hour or
longer so the
flavours develop.
8. Warm gently
before serving and
spoon out into a
heatproof glass,
leaving the oranges
and cinnamon behind.
Optionally garnish
with slice of lemon
or fresh stick of
cinnamon.
Notes:
The wine has not
been heated enough
to evaporate all the
alcohol, so be aware
it is still an
alcoholic drink.
The idea of pushing
the cloves into the
orange is so they
are not loose in the
drink. If you do not
do this stage you
should consider
straining the drink
so that people don’t
get the surprise of
a whole clove in
their throats.
You can ad brandy or
port to give it more
oemf - when you are
home safe !
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