Name: Purim Cocktails
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 2 cups water; 1 cup sugar; ice, as needed; 1 cup fresh lemon juice; 4 ounces vanilla vodka; 1 lemon, sliced into rings; fresh mint, for garnish; 1/2 cup orange juice; 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice; 1/3 cup sugar; 1 (750-milliliter) bottle red wine, preferably a Merlot, such as Shiloh Secret Reserve Merlot, or Burgundy but you can use what you have; 1 lemon, thinly sliced; 1 small orange, thinly sliced; 1 cup other sliced mixed fruit, pineapple, cranberries, apples or pears; 2 (750-milliliter) bottles white wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc (choose Bartenura Prosecco Brut or Moscato d’Asti to make it bubbly); 1 and 1/2 cups sugar; 2 lemons, thinly sliced; 2 limes, thinly sliced; 1 red apple, thinly sliced; 1 (1-liter) bottle lime seltzer; 1 (1-liter) bottle lemon seltzer; 1 cup frozen green grapes (freeze more than you need; they’re great for snacking!); 2 cups fresh cranberries, frozen at least overnight; 2 cups cranberry juice; 1 (750 milliliter) bottle Champagne Barons de Rothschild or other Champagne, chilled; 4 limes (optional)

Ingredients

Hard Lemonade

2 cups water
1 cup sugar
ice, as needed
1 cup fresh lemon juice
4 ounces vanilla vodka
1 lemon, sliced into rings
fresh mint, for garnish

Red Sangria

1/2 cup orange juice
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup sugar
1 (750-milliliter) bottle red wine, preferably a Merlot, such as Shiloh Secret Reserve Merlot, or Burgundy but you can use what you have
1 lemon, thinly sliced
1 small orange, thinly sliced
1 cup other sliced mixed fruit, pineapple, cranberries, apples or pears
ice, as needed

White Sangria

2 (750-milliliter) bottles white wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc (choose Bartenura Prosecco Brut or Moscato d’Asti to make it bubbly)
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
2 lemons, thinly sliced
2 limes, thinly sliced
1 red apple, thinly sliced
1 (1-liter) bottle lime seltzer
1 (1-liter) bottle lemon seltzer
1 cup frozen green grapes (freeze more than you need; they’re great for snacking!)
ice, as needed

Cranberry Champagne Cocktail

2 cups fresh cranberries, frozen at least overnight
2 cups cranberry juice
1 (750 milliliter) bottle Champagne Barons de Rothschild or other Champagne, chilled
4 limes (optional)

Directions

To make sugar syrup, bring water and sugar to a simmer in a small saucepan over high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and let cool.
Fill a large pitcher with ice. Add sugar syrup, lemon juice, vodka, and lemon slices.
Pour into serving glasses and garnish with mint. Serve immediately.

Combine orange juice, lemon juice and sugar in a large pitcher, stirring to dissolve. Add wine and fruit and stir. Chill until ready to serve. Add ice before serving.

Combine wine, sugar, lemons, limes, and apple in a large pitcher. Stir and chill. Before serving, add seltzer and grapes.
Gently stir, add ice and pour into glasses to serve.

Fill each glass with one-fourth-cup frozen cranberries or ice. Then add one-fourth-cup cranberry juice to each glass.
Top with champagne and a squeeze of lime juice. Garnish with lime wedge.

Notes:

Makes 5 servings

Notes:

Makes 1 large pitcher

Notes:

Makes 12 servings

Notes:

Serves 8

Description:

Photography by Chay Berger

Ingredients

Hard Lemonade

2 cups water
1 cup sugar
ice, as needed
1 cup fresh lemon juice
4 ounces vanilla vodka
1 lemon, sliced into rings
fresh mint, for garnish

Red Sangria

1/2 cup orange juice
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup sugar
1 (750-milliliter) bottle red wine, preferably a Merlot, such as Shiloh Secret Reserve Merlot, or Burgundy but you can use what you have
1 lemon, thinly sliced
1 small orange, thinly sliced
1 cup other sliced mixed fruit, pineapple, cranberries, apples or pears
ice, as needed

White Sangria

2 (750-milliliter) bottles white wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc (choose Bartenura Prosecco Brut or Moscato d’Asti to make it bubbly)
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
2 lemons, thinly sliced
2 limes, thinly sliced
1 red apple, thinly sliced
1 (1-liter) bottle lime seltzer
1 (1-liter) bottle lemon seltzer
1 cup frozen green grapes (freeze more than you need; they’re great for snacking!)
ice, as needed

Cranberry Champagne Cocktail

2 cups fresh cranberries, frozen at least overnight
2 cups cranberry juice
1 (750 milliliter) bottle Champagne Barons de Rothschild or other Champagne, chilled
4 limes (optional)

Directions

Step 1 - Prepare Hard Lemonade

To make sugar syrup, bring water and sugar to a simmer in a small saucepan over high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and let cool.
Fill a large pitcher with ice. Add sugar syrup, lemon juice, vodka, and lemon slices.
Pour into serving glasses and garnish with mint. Serve immediately.

Step 2 - Prepare Red Sangria

Combine orange juice, lemon juice and sugar in a large pitcher, stirring to dissolve. Add wine and fruit and stir. Chill until ready to serve. Add ice before serving.

Step 3 - Prepare White Sangria

Combine wine, sugar, lemons, limes, and apple in a large pitcher. Stir and chill. Before serving, add seltzer and grapes.
Gently stir, add ice and pour into glasses to serve.

Step 4 - Prepare Cranberry Champagne Cocktail

Fill each glass with one-fourth-cup frozen cranberries or ice. Then add one-fourth-cup cranberry juice to each glass.
Top with champagne and a squeeze of lime juice. Garnish with lime wedge.

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