Homemade Spanish Sangria
🇪🇸 Spain
Ingredients
- 1 (750ml) bottle red Spanish wine
- 1 lemon
- 1 orange
- 1 peach
- 1 apple
- 1/4 cup Spanish brandy
- 1 cup orange juice, not from concentrate
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
Steps
- Thinly slice the orange and lemon. Add half of each to a pitcher, reserving the rest.
- Cut the peach and apple into small cubes. Add all the peach cubes and half the apple cubes to the pitcher, reserving the other half of the apple.
- Add the brandy, orange juice, and sugar to the pitcher.
- Using a wooden spoon, press down on the fruit to release its juices, then stir everything together.
- Pour in the red wine and add the cinnamon stick. Mix well.
- Refrigerate the pitcher for at least 2 hours to let the flavors develop.
- Drizzle a little lemon juice over the reserved apple slices to prevent browning, then refrigerate the reserved fruit.
- To serve, stir the sangria, then fill glasses with ice and some reserved apple cubes.
- Pour the sangria into the glasses and garnish each with a slice of orange and lemon.
Notes
A young Rioja wine is recommended for an authentic flavor.
Source: spainonafork.com