Theology Uncorked Sangria Recipe

Ruth Steichen kindly offered to share her sangria recipe that parishioners enjoyed at last Thursday's Theology Uncorked.

Sangria Recipe

2 bottles (750ml) of red wine -Spanish rioja or tempranillo are good choices
1/2 cup triple sec
2 oz. brandy
1/2 cup sugar
1 apple, in bite size pieces
1 peeled orange, in bite size pieces
1/2 cup fresh pineapple pieces
1/2 cup grapes, sliced in two

Mix all ingredients together in a large pitcher. For best results, prepare 24 hours in advance in order to let the flavors mix. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Other Americanized variations of Sangria call for adding club soda, ginger ale or lemon lime soda. This would be a good way to stretch the recipe to serve more people, but it would also change the flavor.

You can use other fruits you happen to have on hand - pears, cherries, strawberries, plums are some other suggestions. The amounts are really a matter of preference.