Blood Orange Sangría

Any good-quality, fruity red wine works well in this cold sipper; a combination of pinot noir and Beaujolais is particularly good. The vermilion flesh of blood oranges (which come into season in December) is lovely. But if they're not available, substitute navel oranges.

Yield: 16 servings (serving size: about 1 cup)

Ingredients

• 2  cups  sliced strawberries
• 2  cups  apple juice
• 2/3  cup  Triple Sec (orange-flavored liqueur)
• 1/2  cup  sugar
• 4  whole cloves
• 3  seedless blood oranges, each cut into 16 wedges
• 2  (750-milliliter) bottles fruity red wine
• 2  (3-inch) cinnamon sticks
• 1  lemon, cut into 8 wedges
• 1  lime, cut into 8 wedges

Preparation

Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher, and stir until sugar dissolves. Cover and chill 8 hours or overnight. Discard cloves and cinnamon sticks. Pour sangría into individual glasses, including the fruit.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

157 (1% from fat)

Fat:

0.1g (sat 0.0g,mono 0.0g,poly 0.1g)

Protein:

0.6g

Carbohydrate:

20.5g

Fiber:

1.2g

Cholesterol:

0.0mg

Iron:

0.6mg

Sodium:

7mg

Calcium:

23mg