We're having a family bbq today with my parents,my aunt and uncle and their children. I'm serving my tex-mex bbq recipes. The spread will include my tex-mex steak and chicken,south of the border rice, and smoky ranchero beans(recipes are listed in April and June 2011). I thought Sangria would be a great drink to serve with it along with some good beer. Here's my recipe for sangria.
Do this early in the day so the flavors have time to develop.
5 liters of white wine
1 cup peach schnapps
1/2 cup triple sec
2-3 of each- peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums and oranges sliced
1 vanilla bean
2 inches of fresh ginger thinly sliced
2 cups water and sugar
juice of half a lemon
In a small saucepan heat the water and sugar. Add the ginger and vanilla bean. Bring to a boil and stir until sugar is dissolved. Reduce to low and simmer for about 5 minutes. Turn off heat and let the mixture steep until cool.
Meanwhile in a large pitcher put half the cut up fruit, schnapps and triple sec. When the sugar mixture is cool, strain out the ginger and vanilla bean. Add enough to sweeten the sangria to your taste. Stir and place in the frig. Squeeze the lemon over the rest of the fruit and set in frig to use as a garnish when serving.
To Serve-
Place some of the reserved fruit in each glass and pour the sangria over all. Add a couple of ice-cubes if desired.
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