WHITE SANGRIA ~ JUST IN TIME FOR CINCO DE MAYO

It is May Day, May 1!!  Here in NC it has been a warm day, the breeze has just started blowing as the day is coming to a close.  What a great day, too bad we no longer dance around the May Pole because today would have been wonderful for it.

Our friend Jeremy called yesterday and he mentioned bring some salmon over Saturday to smoke on the big green egg, he reminded me it is Cinco de Mayo Saturday.  So, we are having a party!!  Mexican style fun at the Cristina's household.  I told Jeremy I would think of some things to make.  Of course, I have 6 or 7 different salsas canned in the basement.  I am going to make pico de gallo, Spanish yellow rice, guacamole, and sangria.  

Many years ago someone made a white sangria and I have been hooked ever since.  We like red wine but for some reason, a white sangria is better, or at least to me it is. My recipe has been adapted from the one I was given years ago.  I do not like to use orange juice because it muddles the clear color of the wine white.  Instead, the trick is using triple sec.  

In Sangria you can pretty much use any fruit you would like but I normally stick with, oranges, apples, lemons, and limes.  Of course, when the strawberries and blueberries are coming in I will throw some of those into the pitcher.  

I normally soak my fruit in rum for a day before making.  This step is entirely optional.

Overall this is a very simple recipe to put together.  You just throw it all together in a pitcher and let it sit for 6 to 8 hours.  The longer you allow it to sit the better it becomes.  

WHITE SANGRIA

Ingredients

• 2 oranges sliced
• 1 lemon sliced
• 1 lime sliced
• 1 granny smith apple cubed
• Rum to cover the fruit
• 2 - 750 ml white wine - I used a pinot grigio 
• 1/2 C triple sec

Directions

• Slice and cube your fruit and pour rum over it and let it sit 6 hours.
• Pour fruit mixture into a pitcher.
• Add all other ingredients to the pitcher.
• Allow sitting at least 6 hours.  

If you can be patient it is better to allow this to sit overnight.  

So if you are around this Saturday stop by the house.  

ENJOY!!