Cooking Adventures

For our first outdoor grilling event this sunmer, we decided to make white sangria. We discovered a wide range of recipes, and we loosely followed this one: https://www.thespruceeats.com/simple-white-wine-sangria-recipe-3511043

We combined the following: 1 standard bottle (750 ml) Spanish white wine, 1/4 cup brandy, 1/4 cup orange juice, 1/4 cup superfine sugar, and 3.5 cups fresh fruit. We first dissolved the sugar in the liquid before adding the fruit.

For the fruit, we used 1 lime (sliced on a mandolin), 1 navel orange (same), 1 ripe nectarine (pitted and thinly sliced), 5 strawberries (sliced), 6 Mt. Ranier cherries (pitted and quartered), and about 10 seedless black grapes (halved).

We let this mixture sit overnight so that the flavors could meld (although due to our pantry, we added the brandy the next day). When serving, we added 1.5 to 2 Tbsp seltzer to each glass. This was tasty and refreshing. Surprisingly, this amount of white sangria yielded only about 4 servings. (June 2023)