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White Christmas Sangria
This white Christmas sangria sparkles with seasonal colors, is splashed with bubbly apple cider, and turns your favorite white wine into the best holiday drink!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 7 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 750ml bottle of white wine
- 1 cup sparkling apple cider (plus more for topping off)
- 2 cups fresh cranberries
- 1 green apple (sliced)
- 1 green pear (sliced)
- rosemary sprigs and star anise (for garnishing)
Instructions
- 1
Thinly slice the apple and pear. You can use a knife or mandoline. Then pour the wine, sparkling apple cider, cranberries, apple slices, and pear slices into a large pitcher. You can layer them or simply mix them all in. Refrigerate the sangria for at least 4 hours, or overnight to let the flavors meld together.
- 2
Serve the sangria in individual glasses over ice and top off with fresh sparkling apple cider.
- 3
Garnish with rosemary sprigs, and star anise before serving.