Ginger adds a spicy kick to this delicious and refreshing holiday sangria. Perfect to enjoy with family and friends, this colorful and slightly sweet drink can also be swapped for a fruit-forward red wine. Any way you choose, you’ll enjoy a wine-soaked, sweet fruit medley at the bottom of every glass!
Sweetness factor
Fancy a sweeter sangria? Try adding 1 to 2 tsp of honey to blender when blending pear, gingerroot, and pomegranate juice.
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This recipe originally appeared on alive.com as “Spiced Pear and Pomegranate Sangria.”
Ingredients
- 2 Bartlett pears diced, 1/3 cup reserved
- 1/2 cup pomegranate arils
- 1 Pink Lady or Braeburn apple diced
- 1 inch gingerroot thinly sliced, divided
- 1/2 cup pomegranate juice
- 3 cups chilled white wine or dealcoholized white wine
- 1 cup ginger beer
Instructions
- Chill a 6-cup glass pitcher. Once chilled, add pear, pomegranate arils, apple, and half gingerroot. Set aside.
- To high-speed blender, add reserved 1/3 cup pear, half gingerroot, and pomegranate juice. Blend until smooth and pour into glass pitcher. Add chilled wine and ginger beer and stir.
