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Citrus and Bay Sangria

  • Makes
    6 servings
  • Cook Time
    10 minutes
  • Active time plus cooling
    plus chilling
  • Rating

Though we often associate white wine sangria with warmer months, cutting back the sugar and flavoring it with warming spices—cardamom and bay leaf—make it a perfect holiday punch. Dry vermouth adds depth of flavor and underscores the seasonings. We liked Grüner Veltliner, a grassy white wine with a pleasant minerality. Unoaked chardonnays are a good substitute. Serve chilled, but not over ice to keep the flavors concentrated. Any variety of orange works, but blood or Cara Cara oranges offered a nice color contrast.

Ingredients
  • 3

    oranges

  • ¼

    cup white sugar

  • 5

    cardamom pods, lightly smashed

  • 4

    bay leaves, crumbled

  • 750

    -milliliter bottle dry white wine, such as Grüner Veltliner

  • 2

    ounces dry vermouth

Remove the zest in wide strips from 2 oranges. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, orange zest, cardamom and bay leaves. Stir, then add the wine and vermouth. Stir until the sugar dissolves.

Refrigerate at least 4 hours and up to overnight. Strain into a pitcher or punch bowl. Halve and thinly slice the remaining orange; add to the wine.