My recipe for Summer Sangria was a huge hit at my recent Mom’s Night Out party, and is so simple to make.
Moms Night Out with The Organized Cook
If you’re entertaining guests or attending a barbeque or party, homemade sangria is obviously more affordable than purchasing bottles of wine. Plus it’s visually more appealing and a lot of fun.
My Summer Sangria is different than my Holiday Spice Sangria in that instead of using Fall spices like cinnamon sticks and cloves with pears, cranberries and brandy, I use summer ingredients like lemons, limes and mint (fresh from the garden, of course) with a Bacardi Rum flavor like limon, orange or peach red.
Homemade Sangria for Summer from Toni Spilsbury The Organized Cook
Ingredients
- Lemons- 3, sliced
- Limes- 3, sliced
- Mint leaves- 1 cup
- A simple red table wine (I use a jug of Carlo Rossi)
- A fun Bacardi rum flavor like Limon, Orange or Peach Red
- Fruit juice- your choice, like cranberry or apple- 2 cups
Instructions
- It's best to make Sangria 2-3 days in advance and store someplace cook like a refrigerator or sitting in a tub of ice.
- Combine all ingredients.
- Let it "chill" for a couple of days.
- After “chillin” for a few days, do a taste-test. If it’s too strong add more fruit juice. That’s the great thing about sangria, you simply keep adding to it until it’s perfect. Oh, and if anyone tells you to put sugar in your homemade sangria- don’t do it! Sugar is a great way to ruin a perfectly great sangria.
Lemons & Limes
Because I live in the hot desert and my sangria jug is too large to put in my refrigerator, I simply put it in a cooler full of ice to “chill” for a few days.
After “chillin” for a few days, do a taste-test. If it’s too strong add more fruit juice. That’s the great thing about sangria, you simply keep adding to it until it’s perfect. Oh, and if anyone tells you to put sugar in your homemade sangria- don’t do it! Sugar is a perfectly great way to ruin a perfectly great sangria.
Then serve and enjoy!
For more summer entertaining ideas, try:
Skinnymom Margarita Recipe
Caprese Salad Recipe
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