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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.
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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.
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Holiday Pear Sangria
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!
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Can’t wait to make this for my mom! She loves Sangria.
My favorite Holiday tradition would have to be leaving fresh cookies out for Santa 🙂
Fancy dinner out and a movie at the local ipic theater on Christmas Eve with the family is my favorite tradition! The one day I don’t have to cook!
My favorite Christmas tradition is big diner on Christmas Eve then reading Christmas story as a whole family.
Favorite holiday tradition: going for a walk, then coming up to watch movies while snacking on cheese, bread, wine, and fruit.
movies on christmas eve
My favorite holiday tradition is that we try to do something different every year! Either go somewhere new or trying something like snowshoeing!
My favorite holiday tradition is making homemade yeast waffles the night before Christmas and eating them Christmas morning with all the strawberries! Happy Holidays!
My favorite holiday tradition is making homemade yeast waffles the night before Christmas and eating them Christmas morning with strawberries! Happy Holidays!
Christmas Eve dinner at my grandparents house
We have homemade pizza on Christmas Eve every year! It’s a tradition we’ve done since I was a little and I love we’ve kept the tradition going!!
My favorite holiday tradition is not having one. We always do something new 🙂
Happy Holidays! My favorite tradition is on Christmas morning after all the presents have been opened and everyone is relaxing. It’s time for homemade donuts and baked french toast delish. And not to forget the Cafe’ 🙂
One of favorite holiday traditions is baking for a full day and making all of our holiday favorite cookies to make large cookie trays to give to our family and friends. We have Christmas cookie recipes that have been our favorites for years and years and ones that are new that we have tried and fallen in love with! It is so much fun and we always look forward to Christmas cookie making day!
My favorite holiday tradition is creating garlands of dried oranges and greenery!
Making cookies and party mix!!!