What is a good sangria recipe for a spa party?!
What is a good sangria recipe for a spa party?
I have never made nor drank a sangria. what might be some other good recipes for finger foods or other drinks.
Answers:
All those receipes are good, but here's one for the lazy person!!!
Buy a cheap bottle of Sangria and brandy from the store. Take a pitcher, fill it with sliced apples, oranges (with rhine on), and any other fresh fruit you desire. Fill it mostly with sangria, and top if off with some brandy. Let it sit for a day or two to soak up the fruit.
Here's a recipe for Berry Filled Sangria
Ingredients
1 C. washed and hulled strawberries
1/2 C. washed blueberries
1/2 C. washed raspberries
Juice of lemon
1/4 bottle dry white wine
1/4 bottle dry champagne
1 bottle rose zinfandel
1/4 C. fruit-infused vodka
2 C. white cranberry juice
1 1/2 C. soda water
Directions
Put ice cubes in bottom of pitcher, toss in fruit on top of ice along with lemon juice. Add wine, champagne and vodka. Stir. Retire to someplace comfortable with two glasses and a good friend.
Enjoy!!
Red wine, cointreau and lemonade. You need chopped lemons, oranges and apples.
Mix the drinks together add chopped fruit and ice and you are away. I used to sell it like that when I had my bar in Spain and the locals loved it.
Check allrecipes.com. It is a great website that has tons and tons of recipes on everything. Good Luck and Have Fun!
I have made this and it is very good!
GENUINE SPANISH SANGRIA
1 bottle dry red wine
1/2 - 3/4 c. sugar
1/8 C. orange liqueur, preferably Gran Marnier/Triple Sec
1/2 lg. lemon, sliced
1/2 lg. orange, sliced
1/2 lg. lime, sliced
2 C. or more club soda
In large pitcher, combine all ingredients except club soda. Chill in refrigerator from 2 to 24 hours. Just before serving, add 2 cups or more of club soda to pitcher. Serve over cracked ice in large glass goblet with a slice of lemon, lime, and orange.
I also add cinnamon to taste - it makes it yummy.
Here is a great sangria recipe
This sangria take 5 to 10 minutes to assemble in a large pitcher. Take the time to prepare it in the morning so the sangria has several hours to develop its fruity flavor. Pull it out when dinner is ready to serve that evening.
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons (3 splashes) spiced dark rum
3 tablespoons orange liqueur
1 navel orange, sliced
1 lemon, sliced
2 ripe peaches, cut into wedges
3 ripe plums, cut into wedges
2 cinnamon sticks
1 bottle Rioja
Sparkling soda water, for topping off glasses of sangria at table
Combine sugar, rum, orange liqueur, fruits, and cinnamon sticks in a large pitcher. Cover with 1 bottle of wine and chill sangria several hours.
To serve, spoon fruits into glasses or goblets and pour over spiced wine. Top glasses of sangria off with a splash of soda water
Since you want to serve Sangria and it is a spa party a Tapas party might be fun. It is "all the rage" these days.
Here is a link to some great Tapas recipes.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/et_pa_ta...
I made this one and it was really good!
1 bottle white zinfandel wine
1/4 cup brandy
1/4 cup triple sec
1 cup pineapple juice or fresh orange juice
1/2 cup or to taste simple syrup cooled (equal parts water and sugar cooked till sugar dissolves)
1 orange sliced
1 lemon sliced
1 lime sliced
1 basket raspberries rinsed
Combine all ingredients in large pitcher, cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Serve over ice and enjoy!
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Bacon and Date Appetizer
Prep Time: 30 MinutesCook Time: 5 Minutes Ready In: 35 MinutesYields: 6 servings
Dates are stuffed with almonds and wrapped in bacon!
INGREDIENTS:
1 (8 ounce) package pitted dates 4 ounces almonds1 pound sliced bacon
DIRECTIONS:
1.Preheat the broiler.
2.Slit dates. Place one almond inside each date. Wrap dates with bacon, using toothpicks to hold them together.
3.Broil 10 minutes, or until bacon is evenly brown and crisp.
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French Bread Stuffed with Chicken
1 (12”) French bread loaf
2 tablespoons pine nuts
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 pound chicken, diced
1/4 teaspoon liquid smoke
1/4 cup dry white wine
6 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 pound mushrooms, sliced
1 teaspoon dried Thyme
2 cups broccoli florets
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
2 cups Fontina cheese, grated
Preheat oven to 425° degrees F.
Cut bread loaf in half lengthwise, remove centers in small chunks leaving a 1/4" shell. Bake bread chunks on a cookie sheet with pine nuts 5 - 7 minutes, set aside.
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in skillet, sprinkle chicken with liquid smoke, sauté until done, remove chicken. Deglaze skillet with wine, add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and sauté garlic, mushrooms and thyme until all liquid has evaporated. Add baked bread chunks, toasted pine nuts, sautéed chicken, broccoli, salt and pepper to skillet mixing well. Fill French bread halves with stuffing, sprinkle with Fontina cheese, bake 10 minutes, cut and serve hot..... delicious !
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Roasted Artichoke Pesto Recipe
3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice 3 large cloves garlic, quartered lengthwise 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme leaves 1 bay leaf 1 teaspoon gray salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 packages frozen artichokes 1/2 cup tightly packed fresh basil leaves Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. In a deep ovenproof pan, combine 1/2 cup olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, thyme, bay leaf, salt, and pepper. Add the frozen artichokes and mix to coat. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Cover with aluminum foil, transfer to the oven, and cook until the artichokes are browned in spots and tender when pierced, about 35 minutes. Allow the artichokes to cool in the liquid. Remove the bay leaf. Put the cooled artichokes with the liquid into a blender. Add the remaining 1/4 cup olive oil and basil leaves and process until smooth.
Makes 2 cups, serve with crackers, bread or whatever.
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Meyer Lemon Olive Oil and Honey spread
1 # Laura Chenel Chèvre (Goat Cheese) room temp.
1/4 cup Meyer Lemon Olive Oil
1/4 cup Sonoma County Honey (any honey)
Salt
Over a low flame, gently whisk together Meyer Lemon olive oil and Sonoma County honey until smooth & warm. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Mix cheese and oil and honey mixture till smooth. Serve with slices of Sweet Baguette or whatever.
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Cheeses, sliced salami and fresh fruit will round off any get together.