Grog and mulled wine are spicy alcohol-based drinks that have a lot of fans. These drinks are great to warm, give a great mood. But what about those people who cannot or do not want to drink alcohol, but they like the spicy taste of grog or mulled wine? You can make non-alcoholic versions of these drinks at home. In addition, the recipes are very simple to implement.
Non-alcoholic berry grog recipe
To prepare this version of a spicy drink, you will need the following ingredients:
- strawberries, cherries and raspberries, 2 small spoons; you can take frozen berries;
- water for the base - 2 glasses;
- flower honey - 2 dessert spoons;
- sugar to taste;
- brewed black tea without additives - 1-2 tablespoons;
- fresh apples - no more than 2 pieces;
- cinnamon - half a teaspoon;
- allspice - 1-2 peas;
- cloves to taste;
- lemon - 2 large rings;
- cardamom and nutmeg for flavor - one pinch each.
The cooking process looks like it includes the following steps:
- boil water, simultaneously brew black tea in a separate container, let it brew for at least 20 minutes;
- pour tea into boiled water, add spices with spices, including cardamom and nutmeg, sugar and honey; put on fire and let it boil for a couple of minutes;
- then pour berries, chopped apples, lemon rings into the resulting drink; leave to cook under the lid for about 5 minutes; then remove the container with grog from the stove without removing the lid, wrap it in a warm blanket and leave for half an hour.
The finished drink must be filtered well before use.
Non-alcoholic grog: a classic recipe
For cooking you will need:
- ground ginger, cinnamon and cloves - 2 small spoons each;
- black tea without impurities - 3-4 dessert spoons;
- water for the base - 4 glasses;
- flower honey - 2 tablespoons;
- lemon.
Preparing this homemade grog is very simple: grind the lemon together with the zest, add the lemon and the rest of the ingredients in a small saucepan, excluding honey for now, mix everything well with each other; put a saucepan on the stove, pour water into it and boil well; remove from heat, cover the container with a lid and leave to languish, infuse for half an hour; after the drink must be filtered and poured into glasses, adding a little warmed up flower honey for sweetness and a richer taste.
How to make hibiscus mulled wine
This recipe requires the following ingredients:
- hibiscus tea - 2 large spoons;
- cardamom and cloves - 4 each;
- ginger - 4-5 thin root rings;
- water - 2 full glasses;
- cinnamon - one stick or 2-3 pinches is enough;
- nutmeg - a pinch;
- floral natural honey or sugar to taste.
How to cook:
- to boil water; along the way, prepare all the spices and hibiscus tea in a separate bowl, mixing them well;
- pour spices with tea into hot water, stir;
- close the dishes with a lid and leave to brew for at least an hour;
- Strain the resulting non-alcoholic mulled wine well, pour into circles and add honey or sugar.
Non-alcoholic mulled wine recipe with cherry juice
You will need:
- cinnamon and cloves - 2 each;
- cherry juice - liter;
- orange juice - a glass;
- dried ginger - one pinch is enough;
- sugar or honey to taste; in this case, it is recommended to replace ordinary granulated sugar with cane sugar, with which the taste of the drink will be brighter;
- slices of citrus fruits for the decoration of the drink.
When all the ingredients are selected, you can start the cooking process. The cherry juice should be poured into a suitable container, put on the stove and heated, but not brought to a full boil. Then add all the spices to the hot juice, as well as honey or sugar. Stir the mixture well, cover, wrap with a warm towel or blanket and leave to infuse for an hour. Then you need to pour orange juice into the resulting drink. Now the ready-made homemade mulled wine can only be poured into cups and decorated with rings or citrus slices.
