Cranberry Sangria

Here is the Cranberry Sangria recipe I made for Jaime's shower. It was adapted from THIS Bobby Flay pomegranate sangria recipe. Lucky for me, there was a bit left over by the end of the shower, and I finished that off last night. Mmm. :)



Ingredients:

- 1 bottle fruity red wine (I used Crane Lake Cabernet-- it's $3 a bottle at Winco)

- 1 1/2 cups Trader Joe's Sparking Pomegranate juice

- 1/2 cup cranberry juice
- 1/2 cup brandy (VSOP was quite tasty)
- 1/2 cup Triple Sec
- 1/4 cup simple syrup (equal amounts sugar and water, heated until sugar dissolves, cooled)
- 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds
- 2 Mandarin oranges, thinly sliced
- 1 green apple, cored, halved and thinly sliced

Directions:
Combine all ingredients except for the Sparkling Pomegranate juice in a pitcher, cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or up to 48 hours before serving. Immediately before serving, add the Sparkling Pomegranate juice and serve over ice.

I doubled the recipe for a shower of about 12 and it was so yummy, I will definitely make this again. In fact, Mason's birthday is next weekend... I could work that into a "One Fish Two Fish" theme, right? :)