Raspberry Sangria with Homemade Simple Syrup
This refreshing Raspberry Sangria adds a sweet, tart, and citrusy finish to red wine with homemade Raspberry Simple Syrup to culminate into the perfect sip!
Ingredients
Raspberry Simple Syrup
- 1 cup fresh raspberries
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
Raspberry Sangria
- 2 large oranges
- ½ cup raspberries
- ⅓ cup raspberry simple syrup
- ¼ cup triple sec
- 750 mL dry red wine
- ½ cup ice
Instructions
Raspberry Simple Syrup
- Rinse 1 cup of raspberries and add them to a medium-sized pot over medium heat with the water and sugar.1 cup fresh raspberries, ¼ cup water, ¼ cup granulated sugar
- Allow to simmer for about 5 minutes uncovered, so the raspberry flavor has a chance to infuse into the simple syrup and the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Pour simple syrup into a glass through a sieve. Use a spatula to push down on the raspberries in the sieve, expressing as much raspberry juice as possible into the glass.
- Allow to cool down to room temperature before adding to your Sangria. It should yield just enough simple syrup for this recipe.
Raspberry Sangria
- Slice 1 orange in half and squeeze all of the juice from the orange into a tall pitcher. Slice your second orange into circular pieces, about 1/2 inch wide.2 large oranges
- Add the sliced orange and 1/2 cup of fresh raspberries to the pitcher with your orange juice. Use a muddler or wooden spoon to press down on the fruit, expressing some extra juice from the orange slices and raspberries.½ cup raspberries
- Add the raspberry simple syrup, triple sec, and wine to the pitcher and stir.⅓ cup raspberry simple syrup, ¼ cup triple sec, 750 mL dry red wine
- Add ice just before serving in your favorite wine glass.½ cup ice
Notes
- Save some raspberries and orange slices to garnish your glasses!
- If you won't be finishing the whole pitcher, add ice to each serving glass instead of the pitcher so you can save your leftovers without them getting watered down.
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