Apple Sangría
(Red & White)
Sangrías are adaptable to any season. These versions, featuring apples, pears, cinnamon, orange juice, and just a touch of apple brandy create a festive drink to have at a fall dinner…. or to have in the fridge for a special treat.
Tips & Tricks
Why apple brandy?
Apple brandy adds boozy depth to the sangría while also adding more to the overall apple flavor of the drink. There are several varieties of brandy at most stores (mostly inexpensive) and a little goes a long way. See left for the version used in this recipe.
If you can’t find an apple brandy, you can use a regular grape-based brandy.
What kinds of wines are recommended?
Since this is a Spanish beverage, we highly recommend using Spanish wines for this.
For red wines, you can go with a Garnacha, Tempranillo, or Bobal. For white wines, you can go with a Verdejo, Albariño, or a Viura.
If you don’t have Spanish wines available to you, a dry red or white wine would be your best substitute.
Can I add other ingredients?
Absolutely! Sangrías are best when they include a number of other fruits. Have fun with it and see what works best!
Ingredients:
(Fills one 2 liter)
1 apple, cored and chopped into bite-size pieces
1 pear, cored and chopped into bite-size pieces
¼ cup pure cane sugar
Juice of one orange (about a ¼ cup)
Juice of one lemon (about 2 tbsp)
orange slices
lemon slices
3 tbsp apple brandy
1 cinnamon stick
1 ½ bottles of Spanish red or white wine (depending on the kind you want to make - *See Tips & Tricks)
Directions:
In a 2 liter-sized or larger pitcher, add the apples and pears. Add the sugar and let sit for 5 minutes. Then add the orange juice, orange slices, lemon juice and lemon slices, the apple brandy, the 1 cinnamon stick, and the wine (red or white, depending on which version you’re making.
For a 2 liter sized pitcher, you’ll need a bottle and a half of the wine you decide to use. You can add the remaining wine after some of the sangría has been consumed.
Let sit in the fridge for at least 2 hours, but preferably overnight for the best flavors. Serve with some of the fruit pieces!
**Note: if you like your sangría sparkly, fill up the serving glasses half or three quarters full, then add some sparkling water on top.
Apple Sangría (Red or White)
Sangrías are adaptable to any season. These versions, featuring apples, pears, cinnamon, orange juice, and just a touch of apple brandy create a festive drink to have at a fall dinner…. or to have in the fridge for a special treat.
Ingredients
- 1 apple, cored and chopped into bite-size pieces
- 1 pear, cored and chopped into bite-size pieces
- ¼ cup pure cane sugar
- Juice of one orange (about a ¼ cup)
- Juice of one lemon (about 2 tbsp)
- orange slices
- lemon slices
- 3 tbsp apple brandy
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 ½ bottles of Spanish red or white wine (depending on the kind you want to make)
Instructions
- In a 2 liter-sized or larger pitcher, add the apples and pears. Add the sugar and let sit for 5 minutes. Then add the orange juice, orange slices, lemon juice and lemon slices, the apple brandy, the 1 cinnamon stick, and the wine (red or white, depending on which version you’re making.
- For a 2 liter sized pitcher, you’ll need a bottle and a half of the wine you decide to use. You can add the remaining wine after some of the sangría has been consumed.
- Let sit in the fridge for at least 2 hours, but preferably overnight for the best flavors. Serve with some of the fruit pieces!
Notes
- If you like your sangría sparkly, fill up the serving glasses half or three quarters full, then add some sparkling water on top.
- Apple brandy adds boozy depth to the sangría while also adding more to the overall apple flavor of the drink. There are several varieties of brandy at most stores (mostly inexpensive) and a little goes a long way. See left for the version used in this recipe. If you can’t find an apple brandy, you can use a regular grape-based brandy.
- Since this is a Spanish beverage, we highly recommend using Spanish wines for this. For red wines, you can go with a Garnacha, Tempranillo, or Bobal. For white wines, you can go with a Verdejo, Albariño, or a Viura. If you don’t have Spanish wines available to you, a dry red or white wine would be your best substitute.