Ginger adds a spicy kick to this delicious and refreshing holiday beverage. Perfect to enjoy with family and friends, this colourful and slightly sweet drink can also be swapped for a fruit-forward red wine. Any way you choose, you’ll enjoy a wine-soaked sweet-fruit medley at the bottom of every glass!
Sweetness factor
Fancy a sweeter sangria? Try adding 1 to 2 tsp (5 to 10 mL) of honey to blender when blending pear, gingerroot, and pomegranate juice.
This recipe was originally published in the December 2025 issue of alive magazine.
Spiced Pear and Pomegranate Sangria
Ingredients
- 2 Bartlett pears, diced, 1/3 cup (80 mL) reserved
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) pomegranate arils
- 1 Pink Lady or Braeburn apple, diced
- 1 inch (2.5 cm) gingerroot, thinly sliced, divided
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) pomegranate juice
- 3 cups (750 mL) chilled white wine or dealcoholized white wine
- 1 cup (250 mL) ginger beer
Directions
01
Chill a 6-cup (1.5 L) glass pitcher. Once chilled, add pear, pomegranate arils, apple, and half gingerroot. Set aside.
02
To high-speed blender, add reserved 1/3 cup (80 mL) pear, half gingerroot, and pomegranate juice. Blend until smooth and pour into glass pitcher. Add chilled wine and ginger beer and stir.
Susan Rossit, RHN, is a holistic nutritionist, recipe developer, and food fanatic. If she’s not in her kitchen cooking it, she’s in her garden growing it. @ahealthylatitude
