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Pomegranate Vanilla Sangria
Yield: serves 4? (depends on how much you drink!)
Total Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1 large navel orange, sliced
1 large apple, chopped
1 large pear, chopped
the arils of 1 pomegranate
2 cinnamon sticks
2 vanilla beans
1 1/2 bottles of red wine (I bought a Spanish red wine)
2 cups of sparkling pomegranate soda (bought mine at Trader Joe’s)
1/2 cup brandy
1/2 cup sugar (possibly more depending on your wine)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Directions:
Add orange slices, apples, pears, cinnamon sticks and pomegranate arils to the bottom of a big pitcher. Pour wine, pomegranate juice/soda, brandy, sugar and vanilla extract over top. Scrape vanilla beans out of their pods and add to the mix. Then throw the entire empty vanilla beans in. Mix with a giant spoon to really combine everything.
Place in the fridge for about 1 hour before serving. Taste to determine if you’d like more sugar, and if so – add it! Spoon some of the fruit into glasses before pouring, then add ice and sangria on top.
Note: If you can’t find the pomegranate soda, I would sub 1 1/2 cups of pomegranate juice + 1/2 cup ginger ale or club soda. Taste before adding your sugar in case it is super sweet.
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This sangria is amazing! I made it for my boyfriend this weekend; he said that it was the best sangria ever and had several glasses. It is amazing and the leftover sangria was even better the next night. Thanks for the great recipe!
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Winter sangria? I love it! Your photos are gorgeous, Jessica!
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YES. PLEASE. I need this in my life. Like. NOW.
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OH……..MY……GOSH! How I wish I was at your house that night!
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Jessica! I have a question for you…what can you substitute if you don’t have access to Sparkling Pomegranate Soda?
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Megan — December 22nd, 2011 @ 11:40 am
haha sorry! I just re-read the recipe :) I’m making this for Christmas…thanks for this great recipe!
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I have quite the soft spot for sangria and this one looks pretty darn good to me. I’ll have to see if I can find that pomegranate soda at TJs!
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I found pomegranate soda at the Target SuperCenter in the grocery section. My trouble came with finding a container to mix this up in and transport to a party. Any ideas?
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Leslie — March 17th, 2013 @ 11:21 am
I bought this plastic Tupperware pitcher from walmart and it came with a sealed lid. It would work perfectly.
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ladies drink,i love sangria we used to make that before during my school days,overnight party lol….
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Jessica, you really should warn people that if they start drinking this sangria at 3 p.m. on the deck of their cabin until it is gone (disclaimer:there were 4 of us and we did have snacks to soak up some of the alcohol), they will want to go to bed at 6:30 p.m. I’m thinking maybe the altitude??? Or maybe just the deliciousness of the sangria. I’m just sayin.
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Jessica — October 9th, 2012 @ 1:12 pm
Um. I love this.
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seems tasty want to try this
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Exactly what wine did you use? There are many varieties of Spanish red wine
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