Sangria de Cava

This weekend I am off to meet AD in a beach side town just outside of Barcelona, hooray!

I’m looking forward to a weekend of relaxing, long lunches and cocktails at the beach. Last year when we went to Ibiza we had lunch at Yemanja on Cala Jondal just down from the famous Blue Marlin. One of the highlights was the Sangria de Cava. The waiter comes to your table with a jug that is quarter filled with concentrated juice and fresh fruit and then he opens a bottle of cava and pours this into the jug, gives it a stir and hey presto! A refreshing and delicious drink.

 
I’ve done a bit of research on the recipe and it was difficult to find a definitive list of what goes into this drink. Lots of restaurants which have this as their signature drink claim to have secret recipes. When we had our one we definitely tasted banana which I’ve read can be used in Sangria. There was definitely peach and strawberry and maybe apple? Sometimes another liqueur is used as well like Brandy. I think I’m going to have to experiment this summer!

We also had a really yummy paella at Yemanja which is served up at your table.

 
I hope we'll be able to track down some sangria and paella this weekend!

MP

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