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White Sangria

September 5, 2015 by Lois Britton 4 Comments

I’ve boasted before about having a PhD in sangria. 😉 During the four years we lived in Spain, I sampled sangria all over the Iberian peninsula. It was all made with red wine, never white sangria, and it bore no resemblance to what you’ll find bottled and sold in the United States as sangria.

I hope you’ll forgive my ego on this matter, but people rave about my sangria, and 6,000+ have saved it to their Pinterest boards. Last week, I decided it was time to step outside of my traditional comfort zone, and I made a batch of white sangria for a family gathering.

White sangria

I’ve realized lately that the Spanish cuisine I know is dated. I know what Spanish food was in the 1980s. A lot of innovation has taken place since then. When I google sol y sombra, a traditional after dinner drink from the 80s, I see that now resorts are offering sol y sombra as a frozen drink — perfect for sipping poolside or longing on the beach. **sigh** Change is the only constant.

Making sangria is a lot like preparing a soup or a salad. Exact proportions and specific ingredients aren’t necessary. You have some leeway to use what’s in season or what you have on hand. In my tradition version, I almost always include some kind, or possibly many kinds, of citrus, and I add triple sec to the wine.  I like to use a mix of sparking water and lemon-lime soda because it most closely approximates the gaseosa that everyone used in Spain, but you could finish it off with either one of these fizzy options on its own or even with ginger ale.

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This time for my white sangria, I used no citrus, and switched to peach schnapps to add to my cheap white wine (I found Tisdale Pinot Grigio at Sprout’s for $3 a bottle). I wouldn’t make sangria with bad tasting wine, but when you’re adding, fruit, liqueur, sugar, and soda, the finer points of a wine are lost, so why pay for them?

Here’s the recipe for the white sangria I whipped up. I love to hear how yours turns out!

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White Sangria

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 3 hours
  • Total Time: 3 hours 30 mins
  • Yield: 8 - 10 1x
  • Cuisine: Spanish
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Ingredients

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  • 750 ml white wine
  • 3/4 cup peach schnapps
  • 1/2 banana sliced
  • 1/2 apple diced
  • 3/4 cup diced peaches (I used canned because I’ve had such bad luck buying fresh peaches)
  • 3/4 cup raspberries
  • 1/2 cup green grapes, sliced
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 4 inch spring of rosemary
  • Mineral water, to taste

Instructions

  1. In a pitcher, combine everything except the mineral water
  2. Let stand several hours or overnight, with no citrus, I didn’t have to worry about the pith adding a bitter flavor if it sat too long
  3. Add mineral water (1/2 to equal volume of the wine) and ice
  4. I had planned to make a large batch in my punch bowl, but it seems to have gone missing (a lovely ice ring with peaches and rosemary remains in the freezer, abanded). Instead I used a large pitcher, which had room for the wine, fruit, and mineral water
  5. In case we wanted a second pitcher, I prepared a larger canning jar with everything but the mineral water. We ended up not using it, but it was a great after-work drink during the week

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Lois Britton

An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com,  she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.

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  1. tralf

    September 6, 2015 at 8:53 am

    This is absolutely delicious. I really like red sangria, but this is even better.

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    • polishhousewife

      September 6, 2015 at 6:07 pm

      Thanks, I’m glad you liked it. We happily polished off the makings for the second pitcher during the week.

      Reply
  2. Julie Kenkel

    September 6, 2015 at 11:20 am

    Frozen Sol y Sombras?? Blasphemy!!

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    • polishhousewife

      September 6, 2015 at 6:07 pm

      My thoughts exactly, Julie!

      Reply

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