Sangria Sangria the Beautiful Drink

Two blog posts for today! I am on a roll! 


This recipe for Sangria is definitely a favourite.  I think it is a great celebration drink and heaps of fun to serve. I first made it for a BBQ to celebrate my husband's birthday, and it was a hit. I recently made it again for Christmas Day - I served it as a pre-lunch drink and it was just lovely. I have tweaked the original recipe that I found (you can check out the original recipe here if you want) but I definitely like my version. It is quite alcoholic so beware!!  


Ingredients:
'Most' of a can of sliced peaches, drained (probably around 3/4 of the peaches in the can)
1 peeled orange, keep peel for decoration
1 peeled lemon, keep peel for decoration
Couple of good handfuls of ice cubes
100g sugar
600g red wine (the cheap stuff is fine, save the good stuff for another time!)
50g brandy (or a splash more)
50g gin
Half a teaspoon of cinnamon
300g mineral water


Method:
First peel the orange and lemon.  I like to try to remove the 'zest' only of the fruit with a knife (i.e. try to leave the white stuff).  It doesn't really matter what shape the zest is, mine is usually in little circles/strips.  The zest can go in a nice big jug and then the white stuff can be removed and chucked in the bin.   Put the orange and lemon aside for now.  


Place canned peaches in TM bowl, chop for 3 seconds on speed 4.  Pour into the jug with the orange and lemon peel along with a couple of handfuls of ice.  


Place orange, lemon and sugar in the TM bowl.  Mix for 10 seconds on speed 9.  


Add rest of ingredients except for mineral water to TM bowl and mix for 10 seconds on speed 5.  Check flavour - should be quite strong and sweet (mineral water is yet to come).


Pour into jug and then add mineral water to jug (you can measure out the quantity of mineral water if you want, but if you aim to increase the mixture by about a third this works well).  Give the jug a good stir and serve in nice big wine glasses.


Sorry I don't have a photo to give you, but trust me - you won't regret making this!