Best Tangerine Ginger Sake Sangria Recipes

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CUCUMBER, GINGER, AND SAKE SANGRIA



Cucumber, Ginger, and Sake Sangria image

Time 10m

Yield Makes 8 to 10 drinks

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 large (1-lb) seedless cucumber (usually plastic-wrapped)
2 cups water
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon finely grated peeled fresh ginger
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, or to taste
1 (720-ml) bottle chilled dry sake
2 tablespoons finely chopped crystallized ginger (optional)

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



Tangerine Ginger Sake Sangria image

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

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup fresh ginger, chopped
3 tangerines (more, for garnish)
1/3 cup of fresh mint (more, for garnish)
1 (750 ml) bottle sake (nigori)
1/4 cup sugar, for rim

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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