Hard apple cider sangria recipe made with hard apple cider, assorted fall/winter fruits (apples, pears, persimmon, figs, grapes, plums, oranges, pomegranate, and more), spiced ginger simple syrup, apple liqueur, sparkling wine and dry apple soda.
Course Cocktails, Drinks
Cuisine American, Fusion, Latin fusion, Spanish
Keyword Apple cider, Calvados, Fall fruit sangria, Hard apple cider sangria, Sangria
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Macerating time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 8to 10
Ingredients
2-3cupsof your choice of sliced assorted fall/winter fruit: applespears, persimmon, fig, oranges, grapes, plums, pomegranate arils, cranberries, etc
~½ cup of Calvados or apple liqueur/brandyadjust to taste
½cupginger simple syrup - can also use regular simple syrup or honey, add more or less based on your preference
3-4cinnamon sticks - optional
1bottle750-1000ml bottle of hard apple cider, chilled
1bottle750 of sparkling wine, chilled
10-15ouncesdry apple sodachilled – can also use sparkling water or sparkling apple juice
To garnish:
Fruit slices
Cinnamon sticks
Instructions
Place the sliced fruit in a large pitcher. Add the Calvados, ginger simple syrup, cinnamon sticks, and 1 cup of hard apple cider. Let the fruit, syrup and liqueur macerate for at least 30 minutes.
Add the rest of the apple cider and the sparkling wine, mix gently. Taste and adjust the amount of Calvados and sweet ginger syrup as needed.
Serve the sangria in individual glass and top with the sparkling apple soda.
Notes
For a non-alcoholic version, omit the Calvados and replace the hard cider with sparkling apple cider. The sparkling wine can be replaced with sparkling lemonade. Also, reduce the amount of simple syrup since those drinks are already quite sweet.