Feuerzangenbowle
(FOY-yer-zang-en-bowl-eh)
(FOY-yer-zang-en-bowl-eh)
makes 6-12 servings
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
15 minutes
Total Time
20 minutes
Nothing says Gemütlichkeit like a flaming drink! The German Feuerzangenbowle Set (literally, fire-tongs-punch) brings friends together. This traditional German mulled wine (Glühwein) has a flaming cone of sugar over it, slowly dripping the caramelized sugar into the warm wine for extra flavor. It is often part of a Christmas or New Year's Eve tradition.
3 bottles of red wine 2-3 liters total
1/2 cup sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
5 cloves
1 star anise
1-2 oranges
1-2 lemons
1 German sugar loaf
1 bottle of rum The Rum should be High Proof- at least 54% alcohol... so it burns...
Pour the Red Wine into the large pot, add sugar, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and star anise. Slice the lemons and oranges, and add to the red wine. Warm until steaming, but do not boil!
Put a German Sugar Loaf (Zuckerhut)* on a metal rack/screen or clamped in metal tongs above the warm punch. Slowly pour high-proof rum over the sugar loaf or sugar cubes and let it soak for a minute. Light the sugar loaf and let the flaming sugar caramelize and drip into the punch mix. Add rum as is needed to keep the flame going until all the sugar is gone.
Turn off the lights during this process to enjoy the blue flames.
Serve the punch hot in mugs or hot-tea glasses.
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