Sangria is easy to make and the perfect summer beverage that is sweet and delicious. The traditional Spanish sangria is made with red wine, herbs, spices, and fruit. Today sangria's are made with a variety of ingredients. Each recipe can be slightly different but, they are all simply awesome and refreshing. If you want a fizzy sangria you could add soda or you could add brandy to the sangria as well.
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Did You Know
The origin of Sangria dates back as far as the 14th century and can be traced to Ecuador and some say the Caribbean Antilles islands. It's humble roots are in Spain and Portugal and has become a very popular, refreshing drink around the world. Sangria comes from the root wood sangre which is blood in Spanish.
Ingredients Fruity Sangria
1 bottle red wine
1/2 cup pineapples
1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 blueberries
1 large orange
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup sugar
*optional 1/2 cup Brandy
Club soda or ginger ale for fizzy sangria
Let's Get Started!
Cut up the strawberries, slice the orange into thin slices and set them to the side.
Pour in the red wine in a pitcher with the orange juice, pineapple juice, and sugar.
Stir until the sugar dissolves.
Add in the strawberries, blueberries, pineapples, and orange slices.
*optional add in Brandy
Set in the refrigerator to chill or serve over ice
Bon Appetit, ENJOY!
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