A great alternative to red wine sangria and perfect for the summertime. This is a good place to use canned peaches.
Recipe information
Yield
makes 6 or more servings
Ingredients
One 750-ml bottle not-too-dry white wine, like Gewürztraminer or Riesling
1/4 cup Grand Marnier or other orange liqueur
1 lime, peeled and sliced
1 orange, peeled and sliced
1 cup sliced ripe fresh or canned peaches
1/2 cup Sugar Syrup (page 660), or to taste
Sparkling water
Preparation
Step 1
In a large pitcher, combine the wine, Grand Marnier, lime, orange, and peaches. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight.
Step 2
Add the sugar syrup to taste. Serve in glasses with ice cubes and sparkling water
The Best Recipes in the World by Mark Bittman. © 2005 by Mark Bittman. Published by Broadway Books. All Rights Reserved.
MARK BITTMAN is the author of the blockbuster The Best Recipes in the World (Broadway, 2005) and the classic bestseller How to Cook Everything, which has sold more than one million copies. He is also the coauthor, with Jean-Georges Vongerichten, of Simple to Spectacular and Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef. Mr. Bittman is a prolific writer, makes frequent appearances on radio and television, and is the host of The Best Recipes in the World, a 13-part series on public television. He lives in New York and Connecticut.
