(serves 3 or 4, or an enthusiastic 2)
2 oranges
2 limes
handful of strawberries, cut into small pieces
1 tbl. sugar
½ cup orange juice
2 tbls. Grand Marnier
1 bottle Pinot Grigio or other white wine
1 cup Diet 7-up
Squeeze the juice of one orange into a pitcher. Add squeezed-out halves to pitcher. (You’ll remove them before serving.) Cut the other orange up into small pieces. Add to pitcher. Do the same with the two limes – squeeze one into the pitcher and cut one up into small pieces. Add it all to the pitcher. Add strawberries. Stir in sugar, orange juice, Grand Marnier and the bottle of wine. Chill for at least an hour, three hours is better. Remove squeezed-out orange and lime halves.
Just before serving, stir in Diet 7-up.
Note: You KNOW I don’t cook with junky foods, but this little bit of diet soda makes the sangria just sweet enough without having to add a lot more sugar. If you’re bothered by it, just add seltzer, but don’t say I didn’t tell you it wouldn’t be quite sweet enough.
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