I have mentioned my pinterest obsession before....the clothes, the food, the house, the organised life I live within my Pinterest boards. I love my pin boards. They are full of everything I love/want/need and also lots of stuff I have no place for but still adore. I also have plenty of useful things on there. I have a wonderful board full of cool and exciting things to do with my kids. Boards full of ideas for playgroup and craft activities for school, and oh so much food.
Several months ago my Pinterest feeds were full of summer food and drink. Europe was going into summer, America was going into summer, we on the other hand were heading into winter. Whilst I was wanting stews and hot chocolate my Pinterest world seemed to be filling up with salads and cocktails. Now I have, on occasions turned down a salad, but I have never turned down a cocktail, so I pinned away and waited for the southern hemisphere to warm up.
Whilst we aren't celebrating summer yet, we are definitely seeing the sunshine more and more. So this afternoon I thought why not....It must be time for a spring cocktail, although with an early morning to look forward to I wasn't sure I was ready to embrace Sweet Cherry Manhattens just yet. So to welcome in spring I have opted for a White Sangria.
This white sangria is the perfect mix of cocktail and light refreshing summer drink. You can just imagine pitchers of this, platters of bruschetta and a relaxed afternoon with friends. Perfect eh? I'll see you on my veranda in 20 minutes. Actually make that an hour as that gives me chance to vacuum the house, clean the bathroom and make the beds 😳
So today as the sun set, I sat with my sangria and my bruschetta and enjoyed the Friday feeling. And I am in love with these photos. I feel they look how I expected them to look. I am getting better at this photography thing!
I used appletiser as a mixer as it was just me and I thought opening two bottles might be excessive 😉 but I am sure this would work well using a sweet sparkling wine like Moscato or Asti Spumante.
Get the Recipe
White Sangria
Ingredients
- 1 bottle dry white wine 750ml/25.36 US fl oz
- 2 nectarines
- 2 kiwis
- 10 strawberries
- Handful of grapes
- ¼ cup apple schnapps or any other fruit schnapps (optional)
- 1 lime
- 2 cups sparkling apple or grape juice
Instructions
WHITE SANGRIA
- Thinly slice the nectarines.
- Peel and thinly slice the kiwi.
- Slice the strawberries and grapes.
- In a large jug or pitcher, mix together the white wine, nectarine, kiwis, strawberries and grapes.
- Stir through the schnapps, if using.
- Top up the pitcher with the appletiser (or sparkling wine)
- Serve over ice with a strawberry garnish and a squeeze of lime.
- Depending on your tastes, you might want to add more or less appletiser. Those who cannot stand a sweet drink could substitute soda water.
Nutrition
Nutrition is per serving
Jennie says
Going to try that it sounds very drinkable hmmmmm
Claire McEwen says
It was 😉 I managed several glasses and then ate the alcoholic fruit!
Hope you enjoy it x