Craft Your Own Sangria with Local Red Wines

Inviting local fruits like blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries, and currants are now adorning the bushes. In the kitchen, they are extremely versatile and can be used in recipes from sweet to savory. Drinks can also easily be created from these local superfruits, bringing the ultimate freshness kick to your beverages, whether with or without a splash. Today, we have a special recipe for a homemade Sangria for you!

Elderberry Sangria

Ingredients:

1 organic orange

1 organic lemon

1 nectarine

200 g raspberries

200 g blackberries

200 g strawberries

Juice of 3 oranges

Juice of ½ lemon

125 ml currant juice

125 ml elderberry juice

4 cl cassis liqueur

3-4 tbsp sugar

2 cinnamon sticks

500 ml chilled robust red wine

Currant syrup

Ice cubes

Preparation:

Wash the orange and lemon with hot water, cut them in half lengthwise and then into quarters.

Wash the nectarine, dry it, halve it, remove the stone, and cut the flesh into cubes.

Wash the berries, let them drain, and place them in a large bowl with the orange, lemon, and nectarine pieces.

Pour the orange juice along with lemon, currant, and elderberry juice over the fruits.

Add the cassis liqueur, sugar, and cinnamon sticks.

Fill with red wine, stir, and let it infuse in the refrigerator for at least 4 to 5 hours.

Before serving, adjust the taste with currant syrup, add ice cubes, stir well, and chill for an additional 20 minutes.

We wish you great fun recreating this!

Find this and other recipes using local superfruits in the cookbook “Hello Berries - Cooking, Baking and Enjoying with Berries” by Saskia van Deelen. The author has compiled 50 berry recipes for desserts, cakes, and ice creams, as well as berry-inspired ideas for savory breakfasts, lunches, or dinners. This book from Ars Vivendi Publishing was recently awarded the silver medal by the Gastronomic Academy of Germany.

“Hello Berries - Cooking, Baking and Enjoying with Berries” by Saskia van Deelen, Julia Cawley and Vera Schäper, Ars Vivendi Publishing, www.arsvivendi.de