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Spiced Cranberry Sangría Recipe
Spiced Cranberry Sangría
Difficulty: Easy | Total Time: | Makes: 2 1/2 quarts

By dressing up classic Spanish sangría with Spiced Simple Syrup and tart cranberries, Chef Jose Garces of Amada Restaurant in Philadelphia has created an ideal cocktail for a winter holiday celebration. Chef Garces serves this with an apple chip garnish for a more elegant finish, but even without it it’s delightful.

What to buy: If you can’t find a Tempranillo rosé, a less earthy Grenache rosé is a suitable substitute.

This recipe was featured as part of our Suckling Pig for the Holidays menu.

INGREDIENTS

For the fruit:

  • 2 cups fresh cranberries
  • 2 Granny Smith apples, large dice
  • 1 cup Spiced Simple Syrup
  • 3/4 cup Cointreau
  • 1/2 cup ruby port wine

For the sangría:

  • 1 (750-milliliter) bottle Tempranillo rosé
  • 1/2 cup ruby port wine
  • 1/2 cup Cointreau
  • 1/2 cup cranberry juice
INSTRUCTIONS
For the fruit:

  1. Combine all ingredients in a 3-quart container with a tightfitting lid.
  2. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours or preferably overnight.

For the sangría:

  1. Add all ingredients to the fruit mixture and stir to combine.
  2. Refrigerate until chilled; serve over ice.
    Write a review | 19 Reviews
  • Spiced Cranberry Sangría Recipe
    5

    I have made this exactly as posted, for several parties over the last couple of years, and it's a HUGE hit every time. People can't stop drinking it, which tends to be a bit dangerous and very fun! Folks tend to munch on the potent apple pieces, and even a few cranberries after the glass is empty. Whole star anise pods are a bit hard to find, but worth the search I think. I found them both at an upscale gourmet market and also at a local asian grocery. Whole Foods did not have them.

  • Spiced Cranberry Sangría Recipe
    3

    Am I missing the recipe for the Spiced Simple Syrup? Clicking on the link only leads me back to this recipe.

  • I can vouch for what Briek said. I just made this following the recipe exactly and it was destroyed. I made three batches (putting the fruit in gallon ziplocks) so that I could refill the punch bowl as needed. The cranberries are not really edible, but they are beautiful in the glass.

  • I made this recipe for my big Thanksgiving party and it was an enormous hit (served it in a punch bowl with a frozen cranberry juice ice ring). However, next time I'd omit the fresh cranberries, as guests didn't really know what to do with them other than drink around them. I think pomegranate seeds would be a better pick for edible macerated fruit with a tart bite.

  • I made this for our Thanksgiving party, and it was festive and delicious, I saved the leftover fruit and am making cranberry nut bread today!

  • I made this for a holiday party (followed the directions exactly)... it was a HUGE hit.

  • how long does this keep for?

  • though it may work just as well, it definitely won't have the zingy and flavor this one packed. Great Recipe for the Holidays!!! thank you:]

  • I love sangria just mixing inexpensive red or white wine with some diet gingerale or club soda with assorted fruits to your liking plus a little brandy works just as well

  • oh wow this drink sounds like a great way to start off the new year!

  • I am very dissapointed, espeically since this is my first visit to your side. . You advertised caramelized Onion soup and roasted chicken , I kept searching never found the recipe.

  • it was very delicious with the oranges - my mother took the marinated fruit home to make a cran-orange relish. :)

  • Can she eat cooked apples? B/c that would be fine. If not you may want to add unsweet. apple juice to the recipe for flavor. Oranges slices would be fine. Make sure they aren't peeled as they could break up if they are. Most people didn't eat the fruit in the drink. It just looked very festive, the red/green.

  • she's allergic to all core/stone fruits. :(

  • How about pears instead of apples? Would that work? I'm thinking the asian crunchy pears, not the soft ones.

  • my mother is allergic to raw apples, but I'd love to make this for our family gathering this weekend. any substitute suggestions? How would it do with oranges? thanks!

  • BRILLIANT!!! Made this for office Christmas party last week and it was all the rage. Added a wee bit more unsweetened cranberry juice as didn't want dancing on the tables to ensue. Although it might have been fun to see a few of them kickin' up heels.

  • plymouthgal: it is 1/2 cup ruby port used both "for the fruit" and "for the sangria." as for the cranberry juice, we used unsweetened pure cranberry juice.

  • This looks like a great recipe, and living in Plymouth, Massachusetts, we are always looking for ways to use cranberries! Questions though: How much ruby port? 1/2 cup? or 1/2 bottle? I assume cup, but would like clarification. Also, the cranberry juice -- does this mean "cocktail" (sweetened, like an ordinary bottled drink) or unsweetened pure juice?

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