Holiday Sangria Recipe With Truvía^® Calorie-Free Sweetener

Ingredients

Simple Syrup

• 1 cup (250mL) water

• 1⁄4 cup (60mL) Truvía® Calorie-Free Sweetener

• 4 whole cloves

• 1-inch piece peeled ginger, cut into pieces

• 3 cinnamon sticks

SANGRIA

• 1 bottle zinfandel

• 3⁄4 cup (180mL) simple syrup

• 1⁄3 cup (75mL) cointreau

• 2 honey crisp 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, Truvía® Calorie-Free Sweetener, cloves, ginger and cinnamon in a saucepan. Gently simmer 15-20 minutes until the Truvía® Calorie-Free 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.