Summer Thyme Sangria recipe

SUMMER THYME SANGRIA

How to make what is in that jug:

1.5 bottles of wine

I use cab and shiraz...but you can use whatever is on hand.

1.5 cups of port wine....it can be something inexpensive

1.5 cups of triple sec

1.5 cups of rum

4 twigs of thyme...chop it up or take the leaves off if you don't want twigs in your drink. I don't mind them :)

1 orange squeezed

2 lemons squeezed

2 limes squeezed

1 cup of juice...I use cherry or strawberry lemonade and organic version from whole foods

1 cup of fresh strawberries

1 peach chopped

1 nectarine chopped

1/2 cup of blueberries

1 apple chopped

You can use whatever fruit you like...and whatever you have on hand. I also threw a mango in this batch.

Combine the chopped fruit in the bowl, pitcher or jug

pour the triple sec, port and rum in

Muddle/smash the fruit a bit with a wooden spoon

Mix well and let it sit for a 5 mins

Pour the wine in next

Then add the juice of the citrus fruit and the cup of juice mentioned above

Add the thyme last and mix well

Grab a glass fill it with ice and ladle your sangria and enjoy!

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Helpful Hints: The Sangria will last 4-5 days if you keep it in the fridge at night :) . Also purchase some wooden skewers to stab the fruit from your glass if you don't want wine fingers.

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Fun Facts: Sangria means blood in Spain. It is derived from the word sangre. It also premiered in America at the 1964 Worlds Fair in New York.