Late Summer Sangria for Two

Or Four. But most likely just two.

My friend Eva came over for lunch today under the pretense of discussing the upcoming year of Cadette girl scouts for our daughters, but really we mostly chatted about our summers, our families and ourselves. :) We had rosemary ham, roasted turkey on little whole wheat rolls, vegetable chips {potato, sweet potato, yucca, parsnip and beet! From Trader Joe's but just like the Terra brand chips. omg SO good!}, a spinach and lettuce salad with shredded cabbage, apples, dried cranberries and pecans. Sounds delicious, right? To bring a little pizzaz to our little lunch on this glorious late summer day, I decided to make us some seasonally inspired sangria. This was my first time making sangria at home and it won't be my last. It's so easy, delicious and a wonderful way to showcase the season's best fruit. I can't wait to make it again!

Special thanks to Mariana for reminding me how much I love sangria. ;)

Late Summer Sangria for Two

Late Summer Sangria for Two 
Keep a pack of juice boxes on hand for this recipe.

1 small apple
1 small plum
1 cup seedless grapes
          {I used red, black and green grapes}
1/2 cup fruity red wine
1 cup ice cubes
1/2 cup natural grape or berry juice
          {I used a berry juice box}

Core apple and cut into thin slices. Cut plum into thin slices, removing the pit. If serving two people, put 1/4 of the apple slices, 1/4 of the plum slices and 1/4 of the grapes into each of two large wine glasses. Save the remaining fruit for round two of sangria OR use it to serve two more lucky people.

Add the wine and ice cubes to a martini shaker and shake vigorously for a minute or so to get wine icy cold and diluted a bit from the ice.

Pour the wine over the fruit in each wine glass until the wine fills the glass halfway. Top with some grape or berry juice.

Store in refrigerator until ready to serve. Sangria tastes best when fruit and wine have had time to meld, anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours to overnight.

Simply add more fruit and wine mixture to your glass for round two. There should be enough fruit and wine mixture to make about four glasses of sangria.

Cheers!