Sangria

I got this recipe from a Spanish friend of mine many years ago when we had a Tapas workshop together. Last weekend I had sangria again when watching the El Clásico in a Spanish Tapas bar so it gave me the idea to make it today for a Christmas party with friends.

Mix up your wine, lemon, cinnamon & alcohol the night before to let the flavours fuse with each other. Add your fruit the next day a few hours before serving to stop the fruit turning to mush.


I have doubled the originial recipe so the below recipe will make about 4 litres of sangria so if this is too much for you just half all the ingredients.

 

Makes 4 litres of Sangria aprox

Ingredients

3 bottles of Spanish wine (Tempranillo/Rioja)
1.5 Lt lemon (sparkling)
6-8 Cinnamon sticks
3 Kinds of strong alcohol – Vodka/Rum/Triple Sec (150 - 200ml of each)
Selection of fruit pieces (Lemon/Orange/Strawberry/Kiwi/Apple)
 

Utensils
Large Mixing pot
Sharp knife
Chopping Board

Preparation

Night before: 

 
- Mix together your wine, lemon, cinnamon & alcohol and leave to chill in a fridge overnight

Day:
- Remove Cinnamon pieces

 - Chop all your fruit into even sized pieces (squeeze the juice from the lemons & oranges into the sangria mixture)
- Replace in fridge until ready to serve.

- Just before serving add ice cubes

ENJOY!!!