Sunday, December 20, 2009

Anyone know a good Sangria Recipe?

Sangria! Sangria! ---








INGREDIENTS


1/2 cup brandy


1/4 cup lemon juice


1/3 cup frozen lemonade concentrate


1/3 cup orange juice


1 (750 milliliter) bottle dry red wine


1/2 cup triple sec


1 lemon, sliced into rounds


1 orange, sliced into rounds


1 lime, sliced into rounds


1/4 cup white sugar (optional)


8 maraschino cherries


2 cups carbonated water (optional)





DIRECTIONS


In a large pitcher or bowl, mix together the brandy, lemon juice, lemonade concentrate, orange juice, red wine, triple sec, and sugar. Float slices of lemon, orange and lime, and maraschino cherries in the mixture. Refrigerate overnight for best flavor. For a fizzy sangria, add club soda just before serving.





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Classic Spanish Sangria ---








INGREDIENTS


1 lemon


1 lime


1 orange


1 1/2 cups rum


1/2 cup white sugar


1 (750 milliliter) bottle dry red wine


1 cup orange juice








DIRECTIONS


Have the fruit, rum, wine, and orange juice well chilled. Slice the lemon, lime and orange into thin rounds and place in a large glass pitcher. Pour in the rum and sugar. Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours to develop the flavors.


When ready to serve, crush the fruit lightly with a wooden spoon and stir in the wine and orange juice. Adjust sweetness to taste.





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White Peach Sangria --





INGREDIENTS


1 (750 milliliter) bottle dry white wine


3/4 cup peach flavored vodka


6 tablespoons frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed


1/4 cup white sugar


1 pound white peaches, pitted and sliced


3/4 cup seedless red grapes, halved


3/4 cup seedless green grapes, halved








DIRECTIONS


In a large pitcher, combine dry white wine, peach vodka, lemonade concentrate and sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Add sliced peaches, red and green grapes.


Refrigerate sangria until well chilled, at least 2 hours, or overnight to blend flavors. Serve over ice, and use a slotted spoon to include sliced peaches and grapes with each serving.





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Sangria by the Pros ---








INGREDIENTS


1 orange


1 lemon


1 lime


1 medium all purpose apples, pared, cored and sliced


1 cup pitted cherries


1 cup fresh pineapple chunks


3/4 cup brandy


1 (750 milliliter) bottle dry red wine


1 (12 ounce) can lemon-lime soda to taste


1 cup orange juice to taste








DIRECTIONS


Slice the orange, lemon, and lime into thin rounds. Place the citrus in a pitcher with the apples, cherries, and pineapple. Pour in the brandy and refrigerate for 2 hours of more. Chill the bottle of red wine, lemon-lime soda, and orange juice at the same time.


Gently crush the fruits with a spoon, then stir in the red wine, lemon-lime soda, and orange juice. Add additional brandy or orange juice to taste.Anyone know a good Sangria Recipe?
Tropical Sangria:





Start with a bottle of your favorite white or red wine (white work in this recipe)


16 peeled and pitted leeches (canned leeches OK too)


1 cup of fresh pineapple chopped into small chunks


1 thin sliced lime


1 thin sliced orange


1 cup of papaya chunks


12 Maraschino cherries


1 ounce of melon liqueur





Let everything soak in the wine except for the lime and orange for one hour to get the tropical flavor infused into the wine. Add the limes and oranges fifteen minutes before serving.Anyone know a good Sangria Recipe?
INGREDIENTS:


1 Bottle of red wine (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Rioja reds, Zinfandel, Shiraz)


1 Lemon cut into wedges


1 Orange cut into wedges


2 Tbsp sugar


1 Shot brandy


2 Cups ginger ale or club soda


PREPARATION:


Pour wine in the pitcher and squeeze the juice wedges from the lemon and orange into the wine. Toss in the fruit wedges (leaving out seeds if possible) and add sugar and brandy. Chill overnight. Add ginger ale or club soda just before serving.


If you'd like to serve right away, use chilled red wine and serve over lots of ice.





Addition ideas: sliced strawberries, peaches, handful of fresh blueberries, raspberries, kiwi, a shot or two of gin, brandy or rum, a cup of ginger ale, citrus soda pop or lime juice.





Hope you enjoy the recipe. Andrew
Sangria





2 bottles red Spanish table wine


1 cup brandy


1/2 cup triple sec


1 cup orange juice


1 cup Cran-Apple juice


1/2 cup simple syrup, or more to taste (equal parts sugar and water, heated until sugar dissolves, cooled)


Orange slices


Apple slices


Blackberries





Mix all ingredients together and let stand in a tightly sealed container or pitcher for at least 24 hours in the refrigerator before serving.

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