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Every good party needs a great cocktail, and this Holiday Pear Sangria is just that. It’s my favorite festive drink to serve up this season. White wine mixed with pear brandy, fresh pears, cranberries, winter citrus, spices, and a splash of ginger beer. It’s sweet, refreshing, so easy to make, and perfect for all holiday parties.
This post is sponsored by Harry & David.
To celebrate the season, I recently traveled to New York City to host a very fun and special holiday event and cookbook signing with Harry & David. I walked everyone through how I create the perfect holiday cheese board, signed books, and chatted the night away. It was so fun to get meet some of you in person, and to hear your stories of how you came to find me and Half Baked Harvest. It was truly such a special night. I’m SO grateful for all of you who continue to read and make HBH recipes in your kitchen.
As mentioned, I teamed up with Harry & David to create a festive holiday cheese board. To go along with it, I created this sweet pear sangria you see here. Both of which were served at the event. This sangria is one of my favorites, it’s great for easy holiday entertaining!
To make this sweet pear sangria, simply mix white wine with a little apple or pear brandy, then add in seasonal fruits like pears, cranberries, and winter citrus. I love topping my sangria off with ginger beer for a nice spicy kick. So delicious and refreshing.
You can make this up to couple of days ahead, perfect for the busy hostess.
Since not all of you could attend the event in NYC I wanted to share some photos. I’d also like to gift one reader a Gift Basket and a 12 Month delivery to the Fruit of the Month Club!
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Good luck and enjoy this delicious holiday pear sangria!
Holiday Pear Sangria
Servings: 8
Calories Per Serving: 257 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 1 (750 ml) bottle dry white wine (I used Harry & David Pinot Gris)
- 1/2 cup pear or apple brandy
- 1/3 cup cranberry or pomegranate juice
- 1 cup apple cider
- 2 Royal Riviera Pears, sliced
- 2 blood oranges, sliced
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- 1/4 cup candied ginger
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 1-2 (12 ounce) ginger beers
Instructions
- 1. In a large pitcher, combine all the ingredients except the ginger beer. Stir and then place in the fridge until chilled. 2. Before serving, add the ginger beer. Fill each glass with ice and pour the sangria over the ice. If desired top with more ginger beer. Drink up!
{This post is sponsored by Harry and David. Thank you for supporting the brands that keep Half Baked Harvest cooking!}
Picking out and cutting down our Christmas tree!!
Christmas Eve has been Stocking Stuffer night for 23 years. This night is my favorite part of Christmas and helped us build a new tradition after my dad passed away. My mom hangs a stocking for each of us at her house – nine including hers. We each put a gift for each person in (and around) the stockings. The rules have always been that everyone picks out and wraps their own stocking stuffers. (No handing them off to Mom to wrap!) The gifts are nominal but thoughtful. The kids, who are now young adults, still get as excited to give their gifts. A hand lotion. Hiking socks. Or last year my brother in law got everyone a different kind of animal slipper!
Cocktails and cookies on Christmas night!
BAKING sugar cookies with my daughter
New favorite tradition: drinking hot chocolate after cutting down our Christmas tree.
Favorite holiday tradition is making a massive prime rib on Christmas Day!
My favorite holiday tradition is waiting at the top of the stairs with my siblings Christmas morning until my parents say we are allowed to come downstairs. I’m the youngest at 24 and we still do this ?
Spending an entire weekend in December baking cookies. I always did it every year with my Mom and now I’ve taken over since moving away. And sending them to share with family of course!
I love to bake holiday cookies and make Buckeyes (Ohioan here!!) With my family. Also we have started a new cut our own tree tradition.
My favorite holiday tradition is going to dinner party’s and getting to try traditional holiday food from around the world.
We love to head to a nearby town to drive through a maze of lights near a lake! It is so fun!
Opening new pajamas on Christmas Eve.
My favorite traditions are baking Christmas cookies with my grandma and decorating the tree.
Love your cocktail recipes. Did the Pomegranate Paloma for a Christmas party this weekend! Family tradition I love is Dec. 6th is St. Nicholas Day. Kids get one very small gift and usually a potato to remind them Santa is watching and they can do better!
Everyone gathered around our table signs (& often draws a picture of a gift or two they received) on our white tablecloth using permanent marker. It’s a great keepsake, and fun to look at past years.