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Sangria with Winter Citrus

Ingredients

  • 1 green apple, cored and diced
  • 1 ruby grapefruit, thinly sliced
  • 1 lemon, thinly sliced
  • 1 blood or regular orange, thinly sliced
  • 1 Bosc pear, cored and diced
  • Juice of 2 lemons
  • Three 750ml bottles medium-bodied red wine, such as malbec, rioja or sangiovese
  • 1 cup grappa
  • 1/2 cup orange liqueur, such as Cointreau
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1/2 cup simple syrup
  • 4 cups chilled club soda

Instructions

  1. Begin by macerating the fruit. Add half of the apples, grapefruit, lemon, blood orange and pears to a large pitcher and squeeze the lemon juice on top. Muddle the fruit using a wooden spoon. Add the remaining half of the fruits. Pour over the red wine, grappa, orange liqueur and stir. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 2 hours, or overnight if time allows. Add the orange juice and simple syrup, and then top off with the chilled club soda before serving.

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