White Wine Sangria

Name: White Wine Sangria
Ingredients: 1 lemon; 1 cup water; 23 teaspoon whole cloves (5); 1 cinnamon sticks (2 inch) or 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 fruit-flavored herbal tea bags (such as orange, peach, berry); 1 (750 ml) bottle white wine, chilled; 5 tablespoons sugar; 12 small strawberries, halved; 1 orange, thinly sliced; 12 lime, thinly sliced; 1 cup club soda or 1 cup seltzer water

11 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

1 lemon
1 cup water
23 teaspoon whole cloves (5)
1 cinnamon sticks (2 inch) or 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 fruit-flavored herbal tea bags (such as orange, peach, berry)
1 (750 ml) bottle white wine, chilled
5 tablespoons sugar
12 small strawberries, halved
1 orange, thinly sliced
12 lime, thinly sliced
1 cup club soda or 1 cup seltzer water

Directions

1

Trim off the end and thinly slice half of the lemon; set aside.
2

Using a vegetable peeler, peel 3 (1 1/2-inch-long) strips of lemon rind off the remaining lemon half and place in a small saucepan.
3

Add water, cloves and preferably a cinnamon stick; bring to a simmer and cook, covered, 10 minutes.
4

Remove from heat, add the tea bags and steep 5 minutes.
5

Remove tea bags, pressing well to extract tea; discard bags.
6

Refrigerate tea mixture until well chilled, at least 1 hour.
7

Combine wine and tea mixture in a large pitcher.
8

Stir in sugar, to taste.
9

Add strawberries, orange, lime and reserved lemon slices; refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 48 hours.
10

; just before serving, stir in the club soda.
11

Serve in chilled glasses over ice, spooning in some of the fruit with the sangria.