SANGRIA OF FRUITS

I don’t always drink Sangria in a glass!

I like to serve this festive, fruity and fun drink as a dessert.

It is an easy throw together dessert using summer seasonal fruits such as apricots, peaches, and plums with a little touch of grapefruit, apples and pears.

Ingredients for the Fruits

• 12 mint leaves
• 1 pink grapefruit, or red ruby orange
• 1 Granny Smith apple
• 1 nectarine
• 1 peach
• 1 pear
• 2 plums

Ingredients for the Sangria

• The juice of two oranges
• 200ml red wine
• 3 tablespoons Cointreau
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• The zest of one lemon

Method for the Sangria of Fruits

• Slice the two oranges in half and squeeze their juice into a medium size bowl.
• Then add the red wine, Cointreau, sugar, cinnamon and the zest of the lemon. Mix well with a spoon. Place in the refrigerator until you are ready to add the fruit.

• Cut the bottom off the grapefruit and place it cut-side-down on a cutting board. Using a serrated knife slice away a section of the peel from the top all the way down to your cutting board. Make sure that you are making a clean slice and removing all of the white pith. Make slices all the way around the fruit until all of the peel and pith are gone.

• Cut the orange into sections or supremes, by making slices on either side of the membrane that separates the orange sections.
• Peel and core the apricot, the green apple, the peach, and the pear, and then slice the stone fruit into medium size slices.
• Do not peel the plums, cut and core them and then slice them into medium size slices.
• Add the prepared seasonal fruit to the orange and wine mixture (the Sangria). Mix well with a spoon.

• Let the fruit mixture marinate in the refrigerator for two hours or overnight.
• To serve, separate the fruit from the Sangria using a sieve.
• Arrange the fruit in serving dishes and top the fruit with mint leaves.

• Pour The Sangria in a jug and let your guests to serve themselves.

Tips

• Always keep your fruit sangria chilled.
• Enjoy the fruit, it is so refreshing and sweet! Do not add anything else. Enjoy!