Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Sangria Recipe
The beauty of the basic Sangria recipe is that it is as delicious as it is easy, and it only gets better as you spice it up with your own additions! Really, it is hard to add the "wrong" ingredient here, think favorite fruits, spice and liquors. Chill and enjoy!
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
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.
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So, after a couple tries I've realized that marinating the fruit is critical to absorbing flavor into the wine. Trying with batches of three cups of wine I've also found that two oranges and two lines is the correct proportion of fruit, with the goal of making it orange flavored. The limes might be too tart once they are marinated, so possibly switch two two oranges and one lemon, getting back to this source recipe. I'm convinced the strawberries add an important flavor. Also 6 tablespoons of sugar seemed to fit my sweetness gauge. The soda water might also be contributing to the bitterness, thus requiring the extra sugar. Considering some people use a sugar cola, that fits. The party version seems to ramp up the liquor addition to compensate for the water. Next I'll try three ounces of brandy with the three cups. Also need to calculate larger portions for a party scale.
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