Summer Sangria- Friday’s Featured Cocktail

Sangria is the perfect summer party punch. Make up a batch and enjoy with friends at any of your summer celebrations. Sangria is great with barbecued food, especially those that are spicy! Be adventurous and add in fruits that you like, try apple (make sure it has no wax), strawberries, peaches, etc… Here is a great recipe to get you started.

Recipe
makes 6 cups

• Ingredients
• 1 orange, in wheels sliced thin
• 1 lemon, in wheels sliced thin
• 2 tablespoons fine granulated sugar
• 1 bottle chilled dry red wine
• 1/2 cup cognac
• 1/4 cup Grand Marnier
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 cup chilled seltzer or club soda
• 1/2 cup Blueberries
• Ice cubes

Directions

Pour red wine into a pitcher. Squeeze the juice from the lemon and orange wheels in to the red wine and then add the lemon and orange. Add sugar, cognac, Grand Marnier, and orange juice. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Chill until ready to serve. When ready to serve add ice cubes, blueberries and stir in seltzer.