food

Week 2

“Steeplechase” Sangria

Ingredients:
2 large containers of fresh strawberries
2 gallons of water
4 cups of sugar
.5 gallon of citrus punch or orange juice
1.5 liters of non-sweet white table wine (not chardonnay)
.75 liters of strawberry schnaps
.75 liters of triple sec (liqueur)
1 liter tequila
1 bunch mint leaves

Day 1:

Bring two gallons of water to boil on the stove with four cups of sugar in it. Make sure that the water is boiling when you add the sugar and stir until it dissolves, creating simple syrup.

Add ten 5in. sticks of cinnamon and allow the mix to steep in the refrigerator for the rest of the day.

Day 2:

To prep ingredients cut 1.5 - 2 large containers of strawberries. First remove the top of the strawberry and place it upside down on your cutting board. Make two cuts that are perpendicular to each other, splitting the strawberry evenly from the top into four equal sized pieces.

Remove cinnamon sticks and pour simple syrup into a two gallon pitcher.

Measure out two cups of simple syrup and pour into a one gallon (or two quart) pitcher. Add in one cup of strawberry schnapps, one cup of citrus punch, one cup of triple sec liqueur, one cup of tequila, two cups of white wine (I used pinot grigio/chenin blanc) and 1.5 cups of strawberries.

Put plastic wrap tightly around the top to seal the mixture, and allow it to steep in the refrigerator for three or four days. Serve with ice in large drink glasses and garnish with mint leaf. This recipe yields about five gallons.