This apple cider sangria brings a taste of summer to cosy autumn evenings. Crisp white wine meets sweet apple cider and a spicy kick of ginger beer, with plenty of sliced fruit and cinnamon sticks. It’s a big-batch pitcher cocktail that’s ready in 10 minutes and perfect for sharing with friends.
Prep: 10 mins
Total: 15 mins
Serves 6–8
Ingredients
- 1 Granny Smith apple, thinly sliced
- 1 Honeycrisp apple, thinly sliced
- 1 orange, thinly sliced
- 1 lemon, thinly sliced
- 1 bottle (750ml) dry white wine, chilled
- 2 cups (about 475ml) apple cider, chilled
- 1 can (12oz/approx. 355ml) ginger beer, chilled
- 3–4 cinnamon sticks
Method
- Add the fruit. Put the sliced apples, orange and lemon into a large jug or pitcher.
- Pour in the drinks. Add the chilled wine, apple cider and ginger beer.
- Finish and serve. Pop in the cinnamon sticks, give everything a good stir and pour into glasses, adding some fruit to each.
Tips
- Pick a dry wine. Crisp whites like Sauvignon Blanc, Albariño or Muscadet balance the sweet cider. Dry Prosecco works too, for some fizz.
- Mix your apples. Using one tart green apple and one sweet red apple gives the best flavour and looks lovely in the jug. Gala is a good swap.
- Milder option: swap the ginger beer for ginger ale. It’s sweeter, so go for an extra-dry wine.
- Serve it cold. Chill all the drinks beforehand, or add ice just before serving so it doesn’t water down.
Nutrition (approx. per serving): 209 kcal.