Holiday Sangria Recipe

Ingredients

Simple Syrup

• 1 cup water

• ¼ cup of zero-calorie Truvia Original Sweetener Spoonable***

• 4 whole cloves

• 1-inch piece peeled ginger, cut into pieces

• 3 cinnamon sticks

Sangria

• 1 bottle Zinfandel

• ¾ cup simple syrup

• ⅓ cup Cointreau

• 2 Honeycrisp apples, cored and sliced

• 1 pear, cored and sliced

• 1 orange, sliced

• 1 lemon, sliced

• 1 12-oz. bottle ginger beer

Directions

• 1.  

  To prepare simple syrup, combine water, Truvia Original Sweetener, cloves, ginger and cinnamon in a saucepan. Gently simmer 15-20 minutes until the Truvia Original Sweetener dissolves and flavors blend.

• 2.  

  Remove from heat and cool completely. The simple syrup can be stored in the refrigerator up to 1 week.

• 3.  

  To make sangria, combine Zinfandel, simple syrup and Cointreau in pitcher or carafe. Stir to combine. Add apples, pear, orange and lemon.

• 4.  

  To serve, fill 6 glasses with ice. Divide sangria between glasses and top each with ginger beer.