When I saw your request, Billie, I was in awe. My mother used to make this recipe decades ago. She typically served it with roasted chicken or ham. It excelled. I hope you’ve found what you’re looking for.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 8 hrs |
| Total Time: | 8 hrs 15 mins |
| Servings: | 20 |
| Yield: | 20 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 (750 milliliter) bottles red wine
- 2 cups rum
- 2 cups orange juice
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, sliced
- 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks in juice
- 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained
- 2 cups rum
- 2 cups orange juice
Instructions
- In a large pitcher, mix the red wine, 2 cups rum, 2 cups orange juice, and sugar. Refrigerate 8 hours, or overnight.
- In a large bowl, mix the strawberries, pineapple chunks, and maraschino cherries. Cover with 2 cups rum and 2 cups orange juice. Refrigerate 8 hours, or overnight.
- Drain the fruit (reserve the liquid if desired). Mix the fruit into the pitcher with the sangria to serve.
Reviews
This was just ok. It was very strong and not my favorite version of sangria.
This is great! I made as is the first time and it was really strong. Next time I halved the rum and it was still strong so I mixed with ginger ale. I’ve used red and white wine with great success.
We really enjoyed this sangria, however I did alter the recipe. I did not have rum (where did that go?) so rum was totally excluded and therefore soaking the fruit was excluded, as well. That being said, we felt this was a 5 star sangria recipe, as made. Very, very smooth and refreshing! Thanks for sharing this recipe, JILLJAMESON!
Excellent Sangria!!
This was fantastic! I used half of the rum. That was the ONLY difference. It certainly gave us a buzz with half of the rum (can’t imagine what it would have been like over here if we had it all!). Had a Christmas family get-together and my biggest critic had several glasses of it! 🙂 Would certainly make again!
Yummy! I have tried making Sangria in the past and have failed miserably. It is strong so be careful.
This drink is always a hit and people cannot believe how easy it is to make. Thanks Jill!!!
I made this and it has been talked about ever since! Used Lambrusco red wine and no sugar. Fantasitc!
Very good recipe, but I only added 1 c. rum, and used fresh, diced peaches and blueberries for the fruit. Perfect!
I am making this again for my dads 70th b-day.. made this for my daughters 23 b-day and was a big hit!!
I made this three weekends in a row and plan on making it next weekend for a bbq. I love it and everyone I share it with loves it as well. The only thing I do differently is add more fruit, but I think the recipe is fine the way it is.
We really liked this. I added fresh pineapple, pears and kiwi to the strawberries. We used non-alcoholic red wine as I had conscientious objectors at my party. For the rum I substituted as follows for each two cups of rum: 2 cups fresh apple juice, 2 T rum extract, 2 T almond extract, 1/4 cup dark molasses. We loved this sangria, and everyone was trying to get me to let them take some home. Fat chance, it is in my fridge.
This was great. Very strong, so I doubled the wine and made a larger batch.
Just ok
Made this for a family barbecue and it was my first effort at sangria. Followed others suggestions and cut the amount of rum in half. It still had plenty of kick. I also halved the sugar. It went over great with those who tried it though not everyone in my family drinks alcoholic beverages. I would definitely make it again. Gingerale is a nice addition and sweetens it a little as well a dilutes it.
Superbly Yummy! I (of course) made some alterations to the recipe, following others advice and what intuitively seemed right. I used half watermelon rum (1 cup in each step), cut the sugar in half (though I think that it could have gone without having used the melon rum!), used frozen strawberries (not the best, fresh would have been better, for sure!), fresh apricots, peaches and pluots and the canned pineapple. I used Orange Strawberry Mango juice (see? sugar would have worked!). I used a magnum of Crane Lake cabernet sauvignon ($4!) and next time may try a white! The gingerale was a MUST!!! Too strong w/out…yummy, but dangerous!! Cheers!
Strong? Yes…i added a dash of Sprite left over from the non-alchoholic Sangria I was serving. This was a hit! I modified it a bit and used kiwis and apples and the Rum (top shelf makes all the difference). I served this at my b-day party and I’m still getting requests for the recipe! Thank you!!!!
This was really very good. I only let the fruit soak for about 6 hours or so and it was plenty strong. We ended up topping each glass off with a little ginger ale which was delicious! Thanks for the easy and yummy drink!
I loved this recipe, but my friend got hammered after we drank it! So I guess it is pretty strong. I just used orange/lemon/lime slices….
fabulous recipe!!! i omitted the cherries and also added the traditional orange/lemon/lime slices, and it was delicious! did everything else as the recipe stated and it turned out perfect. the best part is eating the fruit after the sangria is gone. 😉
I had a girlie party a few weeks ago and this Sangria was a HUGE HIT!! I had to make enough for 48 servings…I used 1-4L bottle of Blush, 1-1/2 gal of pineapple/orange juice, 1-750ml bottle of MALIBU MANGO, 2 cups of sugar and 2-2L bottles of diet 7-up. I used orange slices, apples, black berries, strawberries and 2-20oz. cans of pineapple chunks! Even for my hardcore drinkers, this one was strong and SUPER YUMMY!!