Traditional Red Wine & Citrus Sangria

Submitted by BecR2400

"Wonderfully refreshing!!! No tex-Mex feast would be complete without a pitcher of this traditional red-wine thirst quencher with citrus. Prep time does not include chilling. Adapted from Ladies Home Journal."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 5

ingredients

• 1 (750 ml) bottle dry red wine (such as a hearty Burgundy)
• 1 cup fresh orange juice
• 1⁄2 cup fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1⁄2 cup superfine sugar
• 1⁄4 cup triple sec (orange-flavored liqueur)
• 2 oranges, sliced
• 2 limes, sliced
• 1 lemon, sliced

directions

1. Combine all ingredients except sliced fruit in a large bowl or pitcher.
2. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled, about 2 hours.
3. Fill a large pitcher with ice; add sliced fruit, then pour in sangria over fruit and ice.
4. Makes 5 cups without ice.

Reviews

[MissChif]

This sangria was really good. I've tried other recipe's that seemed to turn out a bit bitter but that wasn't the case with this recipe. The only things I changed was I added some grenadine instead of the sugar and I also added some cranberry juice to fill up my pitcher. Really good!

 

[patticakes 3]

the absolute best sangria i've ever had! with my huge pitcher, i doubled it. i used a whole jug of burgundy (carlo rossi 4 liters). i accidentally tripled the sugar (i made simple syrup using recipe zaar recipe) and tripled the triple sec, but doubled all else. fresh lime juice was great. i used refrigerated oj instead of fresh. i had so much i shared it with several neighbors! thanks!

 

[cruzzo]

I liked this recipe because it didn't have any soda type beverage in it. I also didn't add the triple sec and I still loved it!!

 

[jaynine]

I hadn't had Sangria in years, and had never made it myself before. This satisfied my craving for it just right. I used fresh lime juice, but packaged orange juice (laziness) and it was still wonderful.

 

[Cormac]

I'd never had Sangria before I made this recipe. I loved it. I used Burgundy as suggested. I doubled the recipe; my pitcher is really big. My friends loved it, so I bottled some and sent it with them. I think I found my new summer drink.