CUCUMBER, GINGER, AND SAKE SANGRIA
Time 10m
Yield Makes 8 to 10 drinks
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Cut cucumber crosswise into three equal pieces. Peel and chop 2 pieces, then put into a blender. Peel 4 lengthwise strips from remaining piece, leaving stripes of green, then halve piece lengthwise and core. Thinly slice crosswise.
- Add water, sugar, fresh ginger, and lemon juice to blender and purée until smooth. Pour through a medium-mesh sieve into a pitcher, then stir in sake, crystallized ginger if using, and cucumber slices. Chill, covered, until ready to serve, up to 2 hours. Serve over ice.
TANGERINE GINGER SAKE SANGRIA
A Sangria that's great all year round. Time does not include making the simple syrup - double it to use in other cocktails or to serve in ice tea or lemonade.
Provided by momaphet
Categories Beverages
Time 10m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Simple syrup:.
- Bring 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
- Add 1/2 cup of fresh, chopped ginger. Remove from heat, and let steep 30 minutes.
- Pour syrup through a fine sieve into a heat resistant container; discard ginger. Chill in the refrigerator. If you made extra, just store it in an airtight container for up to a week.
- Sangria:.
- Thinly slice 3 tangerines and add them to a pitcher.
- Add 1/3 cup of fresh mint leaves to a glass with barely enough sake to cover and mull them.
- Add the mulled mint and the remaining sake to the pitcher.
- Add the chilled ginger syrup to the pitcher and mix well. You can add extra mint to look pretty.
- For each glass wipe the rim of the glass with a tangerine slice and then twist the wet rimmed glass in the sugar.
- Add sangria to glass and garnish with tangerine slice and mint.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 537, Fat 0.3, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 11.2, Carbohydrate 83.3, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 69.6, Protein 1.9
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