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Recipe courtesy of Geoffrey Zakarian

Show: The Kitchen

Episode: So Fresh and So Green

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Total:: 1 hr 10 min
: (includes chilling time)
Active:: 10 min

Yield:: About 9 cups

Level:: Easy

Ingredients

2 bottles fruity red wine, such as Beaujolais
1 cup orange liqueur, such as Grand Marnier
1 cup brandied pitted cherries
1 cup sliced fresh peaches or nectarines
1 cup fresh raspberries
1/4 cup elderflower liqueur, such as St-Germain
Zest of 1 lemon
1/2 bottle cava
Fresh mint or basil sprigs, for garnish

Directions

Combine the wine, orange liqueur, cherries, peaches, raspberries, elderflower liqueur and lemon zest in a large-mouth glass bowl or cruet. Stir gently with a wooden spoon, then refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.

Just before serving, pour in the cava and stir very gently. Put large ice cubes in glasses, ladle the sangria into the glasses and garnish with fresh mint or basil sprigs.

My Private Notes

Name: GZ's Red Sangria
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT1H10M0.000S
Yield: About 9 cups
Ingredients: 2 bottles fruity red wine, such as Beaujolais; 1 cup orange liqueur, such as Grand Marnier; 1 cup brandied pitted cherries; 1 cup sliced fresh peaches or nectarines; 1 cup fresh raspberries; 1/4 cup elderflower liqueur, such as St-Germain; Zest of 1 lemon; 1/2 bottle cava; Fresh mint or basil sprigs, for garnish