sangria!

ingredients:

6 cups assorted fruit (sliced or cut in chunks)

1/2 cup of fresh mint leaves

1/2 cup orange liqueur, such as Cointreau

1 bottle 2 bottles of crisp white wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Grigio

3 tbs fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)

 i chose a good, cheap Pinot Grigio [Barefoot]

this recipe called for Cointreau (which is $30 for  < 1 liter). No thank you! I used peach brandy, and it was really good (and almost 1/5 the price!)

i chose fresh pineapple & mangos. but once i got home i decided to throw in some frozen peaches, strawberries and mango.

add lemon juice, fruit, and brandy. mash. i immediately regretted not having a pretty glass pitcher to put this in. (something i need to register for?!) 

then, pour the wine into your ugly, plastic, gallon-sized koolaid pitcher :)
[it looked muddled and nasty so, no photo]

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the night of making this, it was crazy strong but the day after, it was perfecto