Sangria ingredients?!
Sangria ingredients?
I've never made one, what are the typical ingredients and for a sangria?
Answers:
SANGRIA (SPANISH WINE PUNCH)
2 bottles red wine or dry white wine
1 cup Grand Marnier
juice of 2 lemons
1 lemon, thinly sliced
1 orange, thinly sliced
1 quart seltzer water
Combine all ingredients in large pitcher or punch bowl with ice or chill overnight.
Serve over ice. Garnish with frosty (nearly frozen) fruits and long slivers of fresh orange peel.
Sparkling wine or a champagne may be substituted. Can also be served over a scoop of rainbow or orange sherbet
Sangria:
35 min 35 min prep
8 servings
3 cups dry red wine
1 1/2 cups carbonated lemon-lime beverage (such as 7-UP)
1 1/2 cups orange juice
16 lime slices
16 lemon slices
8 orange slices
1/2 cup brandy
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons Cointreau liqueur or orange liqueur
2 tablespoons grenadine
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
ice cubes
1. Stir wine, soda and orange juice, 8 lime slices, 8 lemon slices, orange slices, brandy, sugar, Cointreau, grenadine, lemon juice and lime juice in a large pitcher to combine.
2. Let stand 30 minutes.
3. Fill Fill 8 large wineglasses with ice cubes.
4. Divide sangria among glasses.
5. Garnish each with remaining lime and lemon slices and serve.
Here is a copycat recipe for 1 gallon of the Sangria served at the Olive Garden.
11/2 liters of red table wine ( Lambrusco)
1 cup of grenadine
2 cups of cranberry juice cocktail
11/4 cups of sweet vermouth
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
Strawberries cut in thirds. orange sliced thin, then cut in quarters. crushed ice
Mix all ingredients & refrigerate 4 or 5 hrs. or overnight. A large ice crean bucket would work as a container for the mix.
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!
INGREDIENTS:
1 Bottle of red wine (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Rioja, 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.