Last week, my Beloved picked up a bottle of wine at the grocery store while we were shopping. It turned out to be a not very good bottle of wine and what he really wanted was sangria.
A nice margarita. A nice glass of sangria. I am happy with both so I figured why not. Every recipe I have read so far, I have not been very excited about. So i went to google and typed in boozy sangria. I found two recipes that looked interesting with a bit of modification. Apple does not belong in sangria in my opinion. The first time I was introduced to that was at my cousin's wedding and I just thought it was odd. I still do.
This is the first one. The berry version. I have no citrus fruit in the house right now but I do have frozen berries. They worked well. This sangria is better if you can let it sit for about twenty four hours before drinking. It also overfilled a half gallon mason jar. It may have been the amount of fruit that I used but it would be better if you could find a gallon mason jar or such. Mine is holding whole wheat flour. Or did before I kneaded dough today.
boozy berry sangria
Note: I used Life in Pleasantville's recipe with some modification. Mostly because I did not wish to go to the store again. Yes, I am lazy.
750 ml bottle of merlot
1 cup citrus, orange, or cranberry vodka - I used a roasted pink lemon vodka. It is not available for purchase so use what you have
1/2 cup agave
2 cups moscata wine (the recipe calls for white cranberry juice but I had none but I had moscata)
1 to 2 cups frozen raspberries
1 to 2 cups frozen strawberries
1 to 2 cups frozen blackberries
Mix the merlot, vodka, and agave together. Mix in the moscata. Put the frozen berries in a gallon container. Pour the liquid over. Put in the refrigerator and wait twenty four hours if you possibly can.
I could not.