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Pomegranate Green Apple Sangria

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I’m in the market for a new electric guitar right now. But as much as I’m in it to find a guitar with that perfectly sweet, mellow, beautiful tone — let’s be real — I’m also shopping for a totally cute guitar. I love me a gorgeous guitar.

Same apparently goes in my life with sangria. When I decided to host an impromptu holiday happy hour with some girlfriends this week, I wanted to make a few cocktails that would be tasty and made with all sorts of seasonal fruits. But — let’s be real — I also wanted it to be totally red and green. I love me a festive drink.

But hey, the good news about guitars and sangria?

You can have it all. :)

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I don’t know about you all, but the moment that ripe pomegranates start showing up in the stores, I’m on ’em.  I’ve been buying, de-seeding and popping those sweet little gems like candy for the past few weeks. And also sprinkling them on salads, and dips, and desserts when they last longer than 5 minutes.

But one of my all-time favorite combinations has always been pomegranates and apples. They are two of my favorite flavors of winter — both deliciously sweet, but also both with a nice hint of tang. And while they usually make an appearance together in my salads, I thought it would be fun to try combining them into a holiday sangria for this year.

Let’s just say this sangria was a very merry success. :)

Pomegranate Green Apple Sangria | gimmesomeoven.com

And for those of you who’ve never made sangria before, let me just assure you that it’s about the easiest drink around. It’s the perfect use for leftover fruit, leftover juice and/or leftover wine. It’s also an especially perfect use for cheap wine, if you happen to have any of that around, since the fruitiness will turn just about any wine into a delicious sangria.

Simply stir all of your ingredients together, muddle the fruit a bit if you’d like, and let it sit for a few hours so that all of those flavors can meld. Then serve it chilled or over ice, and you can even sprinkle some extra apples and pomegranate seeds on top if you want to be extra festive.

Pomegranate Green Apple Sangria | gimmesomeoven.com

My friends all gave it the seal of approval, so I ho-ho-hope you enjoy it too.

Merry sangria, everyone!

Pomegranate Green Apple Sangria | gimmesomeoven.com

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Pomegranate Green Apple Sangria

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  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 8 -10 servings 1x

Description

This pomegranate green apple sangria recipe is super simple to make, delicious, and perfect for the holidays!


Ingredients

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  • 1 (750 ml) bottle dry red wine
  • 1 apple, cored and julienned (or thinly sliced)
  • 1 orange, sliced into rounds
  • arils (seeds) from 1 pomegranate (here’s a great tutorial for how to open and de-seed a pomegranate)
  • 1/2 cup pomegranate juice
  • 1/2 cup apple juice
  • 1/4 cup brandy
  • 13 tablespoons honey or agave or your desired sweetener, to taste (if needed, depending on the sweetness of your juices above)
  • optional garnish: extra pomegranate seeds and julienned apples

Instructions

  1. In a large pitcher, stir all ingredients together until combined, adding in your desired amount of honey to sweeten the sangria.
  2. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours (or up to 24 hours) so that the flavors can meld together.
  3. Serve chilled, with extra ice and garnishes if desired.

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12 comments on “Pomegranate Green Apple Sangria”

  1. I always thought it had to be sunny and 75 for me to enjoy a tall glass of sangria, but NO MORE!  LOVING how gorgeous and seasonal this is Ali! Pinned!

  2. My friend was just asking for a Christmas sangria recipe!! Emailing it to her now. :) I ho-ho-hope I get to try this over the holidays!

  3. Love that you used green apple for red and green christmas colors!

  4. Jeff says you need a Fender Telecaster. I say it needs to be gold or pink. Festive enough to play while drinking these jewels. 

  5. I know what I’m serving at our next holiday shindig! This looks so refreshing and yet it’s so festive. Love it!

  6. You play guitar? OK, where are the guitar videos. Serenade us, Ali! 

  7. Love that you are converting this to a year round drink!

  8. Will definitely be trying this out. Looks so refreshing

  9. I can’t wait to see what you get! Will you play me a song? :) Such a pretty drink! 

  10. Oh, I so love pomegranates too, Ali! I too made sangria with poms, apples and pears a little bit ago, and I’m craving it again now. :)

  11. This is just crazy gorgeous! Our family always does a special cocktail for Christmas Eve. I think this one might make the cut. :)

  12. This is absolutely gorgeous!!!