Summer White Sangria With Pink Peppercorns

• 4 juicing oranges (the smaller type)
• 2 medium lemons
• 2 ripe white flesh peaches
• 1 nectarine
• 2 ripe plums, the juicier type
• 1/2 cantaloupe
• 6 tablespoons muscovado sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 12 mint leaves
• 2 teaspoons pink peppercorns crushed
• 2 bottles good dry white wine (eg. Pinot Grigio) or Sparkling wine
• 750 milliliters soda water (half if using Sparkling wine
• 50 milliliters Gin - optional if you want more kick to the Sangria
• ice cubes

1. Wash all the fruits and prepare them, putting them in a large bowl:rnCut the oranges and lemons in slices.rnRemove stones from peaches and nectarine and cut in pieces, leaving the skin on..rnRemove skin and seeds from melon and cut in pieces.rnCut the flesh from the plums.
2. Add the muscovado sugar, the cinnamon, the pink peppercorns, the mint leaves and the white wine and leave to macerate 1/2 hour.
3. Add the sparkling water, gin if using, ice cubes. Stir very well and transfer to serving jugs.
4. Note: Please, please, please, don' use a bad wine - you will be drinking it! White wine has little body, so a poor white wine is not good at all. Also, don't use a sweet wine, it's the fruit that should be the star of the show, not the sugar content of the Sangria - if using a sweet wine you'll end up with a syrup rather than a summer drink. Think the difference between a freshly squeezed lemonade and a 7Up!
5. NOTE 2 - VERY IMPORTANT - DO NOT USE WATERMELON - It is extremely indigestive combined with wine.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/12790-summer-white-sangria-with-pink-peppercorns (may not work)