Makes 2 litres or 12 drinks
Sugar Syrup
350g white sugar
350ml water
Sangria
700ml red wine
300ml aged or spiced rum
90ml triple sec
500ml freshly juiced apple juice
(from 5 apples)
2 limes, juiced
2 cinnamon sticks
1 blood orange, finely chopped
ice, to serve
To make sugar syrup, add white sugar and water to a pot over medium heat and stir for 5 minutes or until sugar has dissolved.
Allow to cool before pouring into a sterilised bottle. Keep sealed in the fridge for up to two weeks.
To make sangria, mix 300ml of the sugar syrup with red wine, rum, triple sec, apple juice, lime juice, cinnamon sticks and blood orange in a large jug and stir with a long wooden spoon.
Serve chilled in glasses.
