Thirtsy Thursday! First up, Sangria!
July 2, 2009 by Karissa
Filed under Recipes: Home, Skin, Food
Hey all! I am going to try and start posting a new edition here at Prissy Green. Drinks! Some with Alcohol and some with out. Please feel free to share you own in the comments! OR if you have an idea for a new Thirsty Thursday drink selection email me! prissygreen at gmail.com
Craig and I went to a local art and music festival a few weeks ago, and we discovered this really ecletic restaurant called the Creation Cafe. They have a fantastic menu, and glorious Sangria.
I have found some great sites that have drink options and Sangria recipes.
I want to share a couple that we have tried recently. Although there are recipes, they are more like open recipes, if you are missing a particular fruit substitute something else in!
The first is found on wineintro.com. So far this is was the first batch I have made and they were so yummy! A perfect evening or daytime cocktail, certain to please many! I know people have a lot of cookouts at this time of year and instead of offering many different beverges this would be a great way to simplify!
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Five Fruit Sangria Recipe
If you enjoy a medley of fruit flavors, then this sangria is just for you! It’s like having an entire roll of LifeSavers in your mouth Ingredients Cut all fruits into wedges and put into a pitcher. Add in rest of the ingredients and stir well. Let sit for 2 hours or more. Serve over ice. |
This was outstanding! I used Beringers White Merlot, I can get the big 2 liter bottle for $6.99, then I used frozen organic fruit when possible and then fresh fruit for the others. It was a great mix! Craig and I both loved it! But I can’t stop at one!!
the next one I willing to give a shot is Blueberry Sangria (again found on wineintro.com)
Blueberries are great
Ingredients
1 bottle Spanish (or other favorite) red wine
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup apricot-flavored brandy
2 cups blueberries
1 cup sliced red grapes
1 cup sliced purple grapes
Mix together the wine, sugar, brandy and lemonade until well mixed. Add in the fruits, and refrigerate overnight.
we are going to an outdoor festival all of next week, but staying in a hotel, we have tons of great friends coming for all over the US and I know I will make at least a couple batches of each.
Kraft Foods also has what looks to be some promising mixes. Some of them use Crystal Light too, so that would help cut calories. I try to watch my intake of artifical coloring, but feel free to give them a shot too!
So tell me! Do you have a favorite Sangria recipe? share it below, OR if you have another idea of drinks for my Thirsty Thursday Post please email me at prissygreen at gmail.com
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I love Sangria, white or red, but red is my favorite. If you are having trouble mixing in the sugar, make a simple syrup first. Melt the sugar in equal amouts of water first over a medium-high heat until disolved (I did this when I worked as a compounder in a pharmacy and kept it on hand all the time). Then just use less seltzer/club soda or more wine — which is what I do!
ENJOY!!! I love Sangria over ice on a hot day/evening with dinner…mmmmm!
spitfyr-oh my that looks good! and I love extra splooshes of wine!
I have a mexican (authentic recipe) but I am afraid to make them for some reason…. red wine into sweet, seems strange! BUT i will give it a go! thanks so much for sharing!
Element-
and we ill cheers you in 1 1/2 years! =)
Give me just a year and a half and I'll be able to share my recipes with you all too! Lol
Here is a wonderful recipe for authentic sangria. It was printed in the Boston Globe some years ago, but is from Boston's restaurant Dali, as told by restaurant owner Mario Iriarte:
DalÃ's Sangria
Serves 10
2 bottles Spanish rioja wine
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brandy
1 oz Triple Sec
1 literclub soda — or less
2 cups orange juice
2 oranges — cut into eighths and each eighth cut in half
Make this in a big container and mix well to dissolve the sugar. You can refrigerate it probably up to a week, pouring over ice to serve. DalÃ's bartenders usually tops the small and large pitchers off with another good-sized sploosh of red wine.
ENJOY!
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