At Sangria you automatically think of drinking buckets on Mallorca or cheap wine from the Tetra Pak? Then you've probably never made the mixed wine yourself! We have a delicious sangria recipe for you.
Ingredients for sangria
- 2 bottles of red wine
- 2 organic oranges
- 2 peaches
- 1 apple
- 30 g of sugar
- 50 ml lemon juice
- 50 ml brandy
- Ice cubes
- 200 ml mineral water
Make sangria yourself – how it works
- Wash, peel and cut the oranges into bite-size pieces. Also rinse the peaches and the apple, remove the seeds and cut them into small pieces.
- Place the fruit in a large carafe and top up with the red wine, sugar, lemon juice and brandy. Mix well to dissolve the sugar.
- It is best to leave the sangria in the fridge for a few hours.
- Finally, put the ice cubes in glasses, scoop the sangria out of the jug with a ladle and serve with a little mineral water.
Which wine is suitable for sangria?
If you want to prepare sangria in proper style, you should of course choose Spanish red wine. One is best suited dry or semi-dry variety with a moderate alcohol content – around 12 percent by volume are ideal.
Suitable red wines are, for example, Tempranillo or Portada Tinto. You should also make sure that the wine was not stored in oak barrels for long, because the woody note does not go well with the fruity sangria.
Sangria in different variations
Tinto de Verano is another Spanish mixed drink, but unlike sangria, it does from red wine and lemonade.
If you want to enjoy Sangria without alcohol, simply replace the wine with grape juice. If the wine spritzer should be fruity, you can still Pour in some orange juice.
There are no limits to your choice of fruit, Strawberries, pineapple, watermelon or nectarines For example, they taste fabulous in sangria. Also delicious: pear sangria! Instead of brandy, you can too white rum or orange liqueur use.
Are you not a big fan of red wine? Then try white sangria ("Sangria blanca")! You can use the punch bowl Prepare with white wine or sparkling wine, Apricots, honeydew melon and raspberries are suitable as fruits.
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