Ladies Night Wednesday: Spicy Sangria

Spicy Sangria

Shaan, this lovely recipe is in honour of your superb website: www.spicysangria.com 


This is a good handy recipe to keep in mind when you have parties. Please note that you do need to put this in the fridge for the fruits to soak and the spices to set overnight. There is the non alcoholic version of it as well and is a really great welcome drink to have. The good part is that it’s liked both by men and women, so that also helps when you have guests over and need to serve a universal drink

Ingredients:

1 litre grape juice (red grape juice)/ OR 1 bottle red wine

200ml Orange juice

½ an apple cut into small segments

1 orange, washed and sliced with the peel on

Lemon juice of half a lemon / OR 50 ml Citrus/Lemon Vodka
2 red chillies split into half with the seeds removed

2 tsp sugar
1 star aniseed
3 - 4 cloves (Lavang)

Method:
Take 1 tsp water, 2 tsp sugar and heat for 30 seconds in your microwave (take a heat resistant bowl)
It will become this really hot bubbly liquid, mix it all together and you have a good sugar syrup to add, little by little if the Sangria needs sweetness
Take the star aniseed and the cloves and tie them together in a little muslin cloth (or an old handkerchief)

Mix all the ingredients together, put in the freezer overnight to chill, before serving take out that muslin cloth with the spices and the red chillies