What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Foodstuff Redefined: Sipping Sangria! The weather is great, the weekend is here. Get ready to party. Psst. Wine lovers lean in. This crowd-pleasing punch can be thrown together beforehand since the flavor gets better with time. Choose your favorite dry red wine. No worries. It’ll sweeten up from the chopped fruit, juices, and agave nectar. Hold the fizziness until just before serving. The colors are not only festive but invigorating. Then sit back, cool off, and sip away.
SIPPING SANGRIA
Ingredients:
5 cups dry red wine
1/2 cup apricot brandy
1/2 cup orange liqueur
1 1/2 cups blood orange juice
1/4 cup grenadine
1/4 cup agave nectar
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
3 cups sparkling water or carbonated beverage
1 lime, sliced
1 lemon, sliced
1 orange, sliced
1 apple, cut in wedges
Grapes for garnish
Instructions:
In a large pitcher, combine dry red wine, apricot brandy, orange liqueur, blood orange juice, grenadine, agave nectar, fresh lemon juice, and fresh lime juice. Stir well. Add lime, lemon, orange slices and apple wedges. Refrigerate for one hour. Before serving, add sparkling water. Stir. Fill stemmed glasses with ice, add sangria, and garnish with fruit.
Knockout! I’ll be there as long as you can promise the sun will shine and I don’t have to wear a hat or gloves! 🍷🍷🍷
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My husband put up two huge umbrellas yesterday for shade if you need it. 🌞
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Wow! How big are the glasses you are using. I only remember the small papermade umbrellas. Lol
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Well……everything looks bigger in certain situations. 🤔🍹⛱
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Lol :-))
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A tasty treat indeed and perfect for the warm days!
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Our weather is still yo-yoing back and forth, but warm weather is on the horizon. 🪴🍷🌞
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Perfect for a warm day. Will save this for our summer.
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Something to look forward to. 👀🍃
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It makes me thinks at those hot summer days 🙂
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I agree. Whether it’s for one, or ten. 😍🍃🍷
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There is NOTHING in the world like sitting outside and sipping on sangria.
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…and our view of the woods and country stream make it even more relaxing….unless I have the music blasting. 🎶 🤣
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I love it but have never prepared it. Maybe this will inspire me.
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It’s very refreshing. 💦
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What a beautiful combination of flavors! I adore sangrias, and this one looks superb!🍒🍋🍅🍉🍇🍐🍍
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Cheers! 🍷🍷
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🍷❤️💕
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Wait a minute!?!?! The weekend is here? We get to skip over the Friday morning to-do list at work? If you say so, I’m in! And I love a good sangria, so this post was all the incentive I need– I’m packing up the desk and starting the weekend! (Obviously, I was already off-task reading blog posts, so you didn’t really have to twist my arm.)
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Ummm, yeah! I thought everybody started the weekend on Thursday! Friday is when you answer all the nagging emails so they’re on someone else’s desk for the weekend. 😜
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This is a revelation. My life is forever altered! A thousand thanks for that.
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Sip it? Give me a straw please to enjoy all of those tasty ingredients LOL!
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I get a headache from sipping through a straw. (Burp.) 😜
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Can I visit for some of that delicious Sangria?? Please feed me too because I am so fed up with my cooking….🥰
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Okay, Kerry, but here’s the deal: This is not a short-order kitchen. If I make it, you gotta eat it. 😋🌿
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That sounds like a good deal!
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Alright, so now we have the beverage for Memorial Day to add to the rest of the menu.
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I like the way you think, Bernadette. 🍷🍃🍊🍓🍇
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