How To Make Spanish Sangria

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This authentic Sangria recipe is done in no time and requires only 7 ingredients. Take your knife and a chopping board, and I will show you how you can make the easiest red wine sangria ever. If you ever go to Spain you have to drink Sangria. It is the best beverage to cool down with on warm days. But even if you are not in Spain, it is really easy to make this fruity sangria recipe at home. So, are you ready to learn how to make this Spanish sangria recipe? Let’s get started!

What You Need For This Recipe

To make this authentic Sangrai recipe you need several ingredients. Put the following ingredients on your grocery shopping list:

• Spanish Rioja wine
• Green apple
• Orange
• Lemon juice
• Orange juice
• Ice cubes
• Brandy
• Sparkling water

Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.

How To Make Sangria

1. Wash your apple and orange with some cold water. Leave the skin on the apple and dice it in big chunks. Slice your orange and cut it into triangles.
2. Put the fruit in a big pitcher. Then add the lemon juice, orange juice, brandy, and red wine. Take a large spoon so you can stir all the ingredients to combine.
3. Add the ice cubes. For a fruity and light sangria top the pitcher with some sparkling water for a bubbly effect. To make your sangria sweeter you can add:
   • Sugar
   • Honey
   • Fresh fruit juice
4. If you do not have brandy, you can easily substitute it with some rum.

What Is Sangria?

Sangria originates from Spain and is a red wine punch cocktail combined with chopped fruit, brandy, and some juice. It is one of the most popular drinks in Spanish cuisine together with Tinto de Verano which may be even more popular.

Fruit and wine are a great combination especially if you let it sit in a pitcher and let it cool. This recipe is easy to make this drink ahead of time.

You can leave this punch in the fridge overnight but be prepared to have a much stronger tasting drink. Serve on warm weekend afternoons or at your next party.

Make a big pitcher because this will be gone before you know it.

What Fruit Goes In Sangria?

If you are wondering what fruit goes into this punch recipe you have a lot of options. In a traditional version, you only use red wine, green apples, and oranges.

You can customize your punch with:

• Pineapple
• Melon
• Strawberries
• Raspberries
• Lime
• Lemons

Best Wine For Sangria

The best wines that you can use for this wine cocktail are:

• Red wine – choose a medium-bodied red wine like a Rioja or Tempranillo
• White wine – if you choose a white wine take a sweeter white wine for this recipe
• Light rose wine – you can also use a sweeter light rose wine
• Sparkling cava – which is used in Catalonia to make their own version of sangria. If you use Cava, you can leave the sparking water out of the recipe as you have enough bubbles from the Cava

Serve Sangria With

Serve your wine cocktail in big wine glasses and with a wooden spoon so you can scoop the fruit out of the pitcher in the glasses.

You can serve it with a lot of great dishes like:

• Roasted tomato salsa
• Guacamole
• Vegetarian nachos
• Chicken empanadas

Other Drink Recipes

If you like this Spanish sangria recipe you will definitely love these drinks:

• Tinto de Verano – the simple version of sangria
• Liquor 43 cocktail – another sweet fruity drink
• Caipirinha – sweetened with coconut sugar and made with limes.
• Tequila Sunrise – a great cocktail for the summer, so give it a try
• Frozen mango daiquiri – a refreshing cocktail with Bacardi, fresh pineapple and mango, and lots of crushed ice
• Margarita cocktail – you cannot go wrong with this classic margarita cocktail

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How To Make Sangria

Mireille

Serves: 6 Prep Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 0 minutes

Try this authentic Spanish Sangria the best drink to cool down on a warm evening. It is really easy to make and on the table in no time.

Ingredients

• 500 ml red Spanish rioja wine
• 1 small green apple, diced into chunks
• 1 small orange diced into chunks
• 1 tablespoons lemon juice
• ½ cup orange juice to make it sweeter
• Ice cubes
• ¼ cup brandy
• ¼ cup sparkling water if you like a light sangria

Instructions

1. Wash the apple and orange
2. Dice the apple and cut the oranges in chunks
3. Put the fruit in a big pitcher. Then add the lemon juice, orange juice, brandy and the wine
4. Take a large spoon so you can stir all the ingredients to combine
5. Add the ice cubes. If you want a fruity and light sangria top the pitcher with some sparkling water for a bubbly effect

Notes

Nutrition facts

Calories: 180; Fat: 0g; Carbs: 15g; Protein: 1g;

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