Pomegranate Sangria

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pomegranate sangria
pomegranate sangria

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If you love sangria, raise your hand. If you love sangria but you don’t love the syrups and sugary mixes that often accompany the bliss-inducing summertime beverage, raise your hand again. As much as we love our sangria here, we love it even more when it’ simple, flavorful and not too high in sugar. Enter:  pomegranate juice. Reputed as a superfood and chock full of antioxidants that are supposed to help neutralize harmful free radicals, pomegranates happen to be the perfect ingredient in summer sangria.

I’m not entirely sure that when medical professionals decided that pomegranate was full of healthy antioxidants, that they intended for them to be drank soaked in red wine and brandy but so goes the expression, “when in Rome.”

Or maybe, here, it should be “when in Seville…”

Pomegranate Sangria
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Serves: 4-6
 
Ingredients
  • 1 bottle fruity red wine (such as Shiraz or Cabernet Sauvignon)
  • 2 cups pomegranate juice
  • ½ cup brandy
  • ½ cup Triple Sec
  • ¼ cup simple syrup (equal amounts sugar and water, heated until sugar dissolves, cooled)
  • ¼ cup pomegranate seeds
  • 1 large orange, halved and thinly sliced
  • 1 green apple, cored, halved and thinly sliced
  • 1 cup red grapes, sliced in ½
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a pitcher, cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or up to 48 hours before serving. Serve over ice.
 

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    Kelly @ Healthy Living With Kelly
    May 12, 2010 at 7:33 pm

    YES! YES! This is perfect for summer! Thanks for posting!!!

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    Joanne
    May 12, 2010 at 7:16 am

    I love a good sangria! Has to be one of my favorite alcoholic beverages.
    I have a case of POM sitting here as well..definitely going to make this!

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    Jessica @ The Cooking Chick
    May 11, 2010 at 9:59 pm

    Sounds delicious! Cant wait until I can indulge again…

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    Daryl
    May 11, 2010 at 9:33 pm

    what can I make with amaretto?

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    thatShortChick
    May 11, 2010 at 8:02 pm

    I can’t believe this is your first cocktail recipe?!!! and it’s a good one:)

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    Nichole
    May 11, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    Yes, more cocktail recipes please:) Always a crowd favorite. Down here we’re having Aruba Aribas…whatever those are they seem to be working. 🙂

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    Lynn @ The Actors Diet
    May 11, 2010 at 5:04 pm

    i love seeing ways to incorporate pom!!!

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    kat
    May 11, 2010 at 12:16 pm

    Pomegranate sangria!? Sign me up

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