Friday, November 13, 2020

Thinking of Drinking: Cranberry Sangria

Photo by Emily Clack

Try this Cranberry Sangria for Thanksgiving.  You'll love our Cocktails chapter in the Capital Cooking Cookbook.  After taking a look, you'll be prepared for any party. 

Cranberry Sangria

- 2 cups Chrysalis, “Sarah’s Patio Red”, Loudoun County, VA, 2010 (or your favorite red wine)
- 1 cup vodka
- 1/4 cup Mount Gay Eclipse spiced rum (or other rum)
- 2 1/2 cup Cranberry Juice
- 1/2 cup grapes, sliced in half
- 1/4 cup fresh cranberries
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 1 lime, sliced
- 1 orange, sliced
- 1 apple, sliced
- 1 cup Piper Sonoma sparkling wine (or other sparkling wine)

In a large punch bowl, add all ingredients except for the sparkling wine and chill. Just before serving, add the sparkling wine. Perfect for a any fall fest! Who doesn’t love sangria?!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

i fully intend to mix an entire batch of these sunday nite after the show!!!! Looks like an awesome recipe!

Capital Cooking said...

Sounds like a great idea.