Caramel Apple Sangria Recipe: Perfect Fall Sangria (2024)

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Caramel Apple Sangria Recipe: Perfect Fall Sangria? ›

Cover the pitcher and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or preferably overnight. The sangria gets softer, sweeter, and much more delicious overnight in the fridge. When ready to serve, top off the sangria with sparkling water.

Cover the pitcher and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or preferably overnight. The sangria gets softer, sweeter, and much more delicious overnight in the fridge. When ready to serve, top off the sangria with sparkling water.

Can I make this ahead of time? Absolutely—sangria is a perfect make-ahead drink to serve a crowd. Stir together all ingredients in your pitcher, and refrigerate until ready to serve. I recommend letting it sit for at least 2 hours, but you can also leave it overnight.

Red Wine

Sangria / Main ingredient

Sangria is a mixed alcoholic drink from Spain. The color of sangria depends on the wine. Red sangria is made with red wine, and white sangria with white wine. There are several regional variations of sangria, so ingredients vary.

The best wine for sangria is Garnacha (also called Grenache) or Pinot Noir. Garnacha comes from Spain, so it's my top pick for authentic Spanish sangria! Choose an inexpensive wine (under $20) that you would enjoy on its own. Why Garnacha and Pinot Noir?

It's time to learn from red sangria. No one bats an eye or asks "should red wine be chilled?" when you serve it nice and cool—over ice, even. (In fact, if you don't serve sangria chilled, you may start a riot.)

Don't skimp on the chilling time. By chilling the sangria, you give the fresh fruits a chance to infuse the wine with sweet, fresh flavor. If you cut this time short, the punch won't taste as fruity or as balanced. I let mine chill for at least 8 hours before serving, or overnight for the best flavor.

The fruit should "steep" in the wine and liquor so the flavors meld (kind of like a good salsa), but don't let it all hang out for too long. "The fruit will get mealy and limp, and the sangria will taste bitter," says Martinez.

Combine Ingredients: Add all the ingredients to a large pitcher and stir well to combine with a long wooden spoon or a ladle. Serve: You can add ice straight to the pitcher, or pour the sangria over glasses filled with ice.

How to cut fruit for sangria? ›

First, slice the fruit.

Cut the larger stone fruit into segments, hull then halve the strawberries, and slice the grapes right down the center! You basically want pieces that are all as close to the same size as possible. Preparing fruit for sangria has never been easier!

Spanish Sangria Ingredients

If you ask bartenders here in Spain how to make sangria, they will be the first to tell you that — technically — there is no standard way to make sangria. It's really just a wine punch made with seasonal fruit, sweetener, a good splash of brandy, and possibly something fizzy added in.

Sangria is best enjoyed cold, so serving it over ice is important to the experience. It helps if your sangria is kept in the fridge until it is served as well, rather than baking in the hot sun in a punch bowl for hours.

Sangria, wine mixed with fruit, has always been legal and available. The issue comes about when Sangria is mixed with brandy or other spirits that raises the alcohol content of the drink. Alcohol-boosted Sangria was illegal because of a 1934 law formed post-prohibition to keep the percentage of alcohol low in drinks.

Sangria contains all the properties and benefits of red wine. Thanks to its powerful antioxidants, polyphenols and flavonoids protect cells from aging. And also has resveratrol is a substance having the grapes that protects against inflammatory processes in the body.

Some people consider it to be unacceptable to eat the fruit in Sangria. In contrast, others view it as an essential part of the drink. Whether you are one of those who choose to nibble on some fruit or not, there is no doubt that the sliced fruit served with the Sangria soaks up the flavors and is delicious to eat!

The longer sangria sits in the refrigerator, the more the wine soaks into the fruit. I recommend refrigerating the sangria for at least 2 hours before serving, but preferably overnight.

Make the sangria, add the fruit, make sure to serve the fruit in glasses punch style. Do it 3-5 days ahead of time.

Sangria will last for about three to five days in the refrigerator if stored in an airtight container. It will only last for a day or two if stored in the pitcher covered with storage wrap, so we recommend moving it to an airtight container if you don't plan on drinking it all within two days.