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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This should throw your guests for a loop. Sangria, with white wine? Why, yes, yes. Does NOT include 2-1 hour refrigeration periods. Taken from recipe. Ingredients:
1 lemon |
1 cup water |
2/3 teaspoon whole cloves |
1 cinnamon sticks (2 inch) or 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon |
2 fruit-flavored herbal tea bags (such as orange, peach, berry) |
1 (750 ml) bottle white wine, chilled |
5 tablespoons sugar |
12 small strawberries, halved |
1 orange, thinly sliced |
1/2 lime, thinly sliced |
1 cup club soda or 1 cup seltzer water |
Directions:
1. Trim off the end and thinly slice half of the lemon; set aside.
2. Using a vegetable peeler, peel 3 (1 1/2-inch-long) strips of lemon rind off the remaining lemon half and place in a small saucepan.
3. Add water, cloves and preferably a cinnamon stick; bring to a simmer and cook, covered, 10 minutes.
4. Remove from heat, add the tea bags and steep 5 minutes.
5. Remove tea bags, pressing well to extract tea; discard bags.
6. Refrigerate tea mixture until well chilled, at least 1 hour.
7. Combine wine and tea mixture in a large pitcher.
8. Stir in sugar, to taste.
9. Add strawberries, orange, lime and reserved lemon slices; refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 48 hours.; just before serving, stir in the club soda.
10. Serve in chilled glasses over ice, spooning in some of the fruit with the sangria.
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