Texas Pete® Hotter Hot Sangria

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lemons, large
• 2 limes, large
• 2 oranges, large
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 (750 ml) bottle malbec wine
• 1/3 cup brandy
• 1/3 cup triple sec
• 1 -2 teaspoon texas peteâ® hotter hot sauce
• 1 quart club soda, ice cold

Recipe

• 1 using a vegetable peeler, peel the outermost layers of the lemons, limes and oranges. you may get a small amount of the pith from the peels but there is no need to discard or remove it. you should end up with about 1 cup of peeled citrus zest.
• 2 squeeze the juice from the lemons, limes and oranges and place the juice along with the peeled citrus zest in a medium-sized saucepot. add the granulated sugar. bring the mixture to a boil and immediately remove from heat. allow the citrus simple syrup steep for 30 minutes. after steeping, strain it through a fine mesh strainer and place the simple syrup in the refrigerator to chill.
• 3 while the simple syrup is chilling prepare the red wine base. pour the bottle of red wine into a large serving pitcher followed by the triple sec, brandy and the chilled simple syrup. mix well.
• 4 add 1 teaspoon of texas pete® hotter hot sauce to the sangria base and mix well. this is the time to taste it and see if it is spicy enough for your liking. add up to 1 more teaspoon if you like it spicier. keep the sangria base and the club soda separate and ice cold until you are ready to serve.
• 5 serve the sangria chilled in a 2 oz. shot glass. mix 2 parts sangria base to 1 part club soda and serve immediately.