Pomegranate Sangria

Don't worry about using the exact fruit in the recipe: have fun and choose whatever looks good at the store or is growing on your trees! This gets more and more potent as time goes on; after three days one slice of apple will give you the giggles.

• Ready In: 24 hrs 15 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 2 (750 ml) bottles red wine (mixed varieties is good, for instance one malbec and one tempranillo...$5.99 a bottle is fine!)
• 1  cup brandy (real 80 proof brandy aged in oak, not one of the weak flavored imitations)
• 1⁄2 cup Cointreau liqueur or 1⁄2 cup triple sec
• 1  cup  orange juice
• 1  cup pomegranate juice
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1  orange
• 1  apple
• 1  pear
• 6  ounces blackberries
• 2  ounces pomegranate seeds
• 2  cinnamon sticks

Directions

1. In a small saucepan, heat 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water on medium high until sugar dissolves; remove from heat.
2. In the meantime, slice the orange, apple and pear.
3. Mix all ingredients together and let stand in a tightly-sealed container or pitcher for at least 24 hours in the refrigerator before serving.