Toast the Holidays with a Twist

 

The holidays are just around the corner, and many of us are turning our thoughts to entertaining—making menus, baking holiday treats, and putting the final trimmings on the tree before we open our homes to family and friends to celebrate the season.

Spice up the usual holiday cheer with a twist on a classic cocktail—a spiced-up sangria that even Santa will love. Read on for the recipe from our friends at Fab Fit Fun.

During the holiday season, no one really needs an excuse to drink. The whole month of December is basically weeks of cocktails, wine, eggnog, and more cocktails.

To kick off the Christmas week, we’re adding even more fuel to the fire by celebrating National Sangria Day. Get your wine bottles uncorked because this Sunday, December 20th, we’re mixing up batches of holiday sangria to celebrate. Eveleigh of Los Angeles has prepared us one strong, festive libation to get us through those last few stressful days of the holiday season. This sangria is so delicious, Santa may even be passing on the milk in exchange for a glass.

Cheers!

EVELEIGH’S SANGRIA

Ingredients:

1 bottle of cabernet sauvignon

4 tablespoons mulling spice (bundled in cheesecloth and tied into a sachet)

Peel of an entire orange

1/4 cup allspice dram

1/2 cup simple syrup

1/4 cup Zirbenz stone pine liqueur

Thyme for garnish

Directions:

1. Steep the mulling spice and orange peel with the wine for one day.

2. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.

3. Pour into a collins glass and garnish with a sprig of fresh thyme – rub in between your palms to express the essential oils.

 

xx,

The FabFitFun Team