so, that vat of sangria i made for the fourth? we did not drink all two gallons. we drank all of it save for a cup and a half. yup. it’s true, nearly two gallons of sangria gone.
what to do, what to do? i decided that sangria sorbet would be nice. oh. it. was. nice.
i had about two cups of peaches and strawberries, that were not soaked in rum, leftover. i pureed those with a syrup made of equal parts sugar and sangria, gave it a couple turns in the ice cream machine and we had sorbet. a boozey, soft, delicious sorbet.
sangria sorbet
the sangria i made contained red wine, rum, peaches, strawberries, limes, oranges, and orange juice simple syrup. i am sure you could buy sangria, but i like to soak some of the fruit in some rum overnight and then mix it all together. i don’t know that this is authentic, but it is damn good. damn.
1 1/2 cups prepared sangria
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 loosely packed cups of fruit
heat sangria and sugar in saucepan until sugar is dissolved. bring to a quick boil (i would say no more than 1 minute) and cool. put fruit and sangria syrup in the pitcher of a blender and blend away until smooth. strain if desired. cool mixture completely in refrigerator. freeze in ice cream machine according to manufacturer’s instructions.
note: due to alcohol content sorbet may not set up very well in machine…mine was pretty slushy like a blended margarita. drink it this way or put into a container and freeze for four hours or more. it will set up a bit harder this way. i enjoyed it both ways.
slushy sangria sorbet…good. and nice photos!
may i be so bold as to suggest using blood orange juice in the next batch of sangria? i used to work for a restaurant that did that. and oh, it was good…and in sorbet? extra good.
(take ciao bella’s blood orange sorbet as an example, very delicious, only not boozy enough).
This sounds like a nice cool treat for a warm day.
Drinkable sorbet…Love that!
Yum!!
bonbon- i will definitely have to try it with blood orange juice…sounds amazing!
and thanks to everyone for the nice comments!