Need Sangria Recipe!

[jackattack]

Desperately seeking Red wine sangria recipe! Thanks!

[fussycouple]

Chianti or Valpolicella
No pulp orange juice
Tangerine Juice
Lime juice
Lemon juice
Concentrated black cherry juice (very important)
Dark fresh cherries (not maraschino, please)
Brandy or dark rum to taste, but should not overpower the wine & fruit
Let sit from between 2 hours and overnight

When you are ready to pour, mix the above and your favorite mixer, pick one: soda water, sparkling mineral water, sprite, whatever, but it must have bubbles, I like poland springs lime or lemon water.

Add some pieces of fresh fruit to the glass, like pineapple, orange, lemon or lime wedges

[howefortunate]

Summer Sangria

The perfect drink for summer evenings!

3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons spiced dark rum
3 tablespoons orange liquer)
1 orange (sliced)
1 lemon (sliced)
2 ripe peaches (sliced)
3 ripe plums (sliced)
2 cinnamon sticks
1 bottle Spanish red wine
Sparkling soda water
1. Add to a punch bowl (or other large bowl): sugar, rum, orange liquer, fruits, and cinnamon sticks. Mix together.
2. Stir in the bottle of wine.
3. Chill in the refrigerator for 4 - 8 hours before serving.
4. Discard cinnamon sticks. Spoon fruits into glasses. Pour the spiced wine over the fruit. Top with a splash of soda water.

Makes 8 glasses.
Recipe from http://www.cheers2wine.com/Cheers_2_W...

[Luwak]

For Sangria, I'd suggest a tangy young red wine with little oak. Ideally, a young Rioja from Spain, or a Spanish wine made from the Tempranillo grape. Short of that, a decent Merlot with a minumum of oak should suffice nicely. Don't spend a lot of money on it; all the fruit, sugar and spirits will obscure its subtlety in the end.

[RichardA]

Sangria (From a recipe of Dali, Spanish restaurant in MA)

---3 bottles of Vina Borgio (An inexpensive Spanish Rioja wine, about $5-$7. You could substitite other Riojas as well)
---1 cup of brandy
---1 cup triple sec
---1 cup of sugar
---1/2 gallon of orange juice
---Cut up fruit

Let it sit overnight. Otherwise, it might seema bit harsh.

[Problem Child]

Anyone has a recommended wine (type and label) which works well for you when making the sangria?

[HeelsSoxHound]

another good, fruity option is something from navarra in spain. generally old vines grenache with little to no oak. las rocas (san alejandro second label), artazuri, and marco real all make cheap (<$10)), very good offerings, both of which are excellent on their own--another important criterion, in my mind.
also-- i'd use the top recipe. sangria needs to steep for awhile to really be good.

[Bruce in SLO]

We tried this one from Williams- Sonoma and added Nectarines-

Sangria
Sip this sangria slowly to beat the heat of a summer afternoon.
1 bottle (750ml) fruity, dry red wine
1/4 cup brandy
2 Tbs. sugar
2 lemons, thinly sliced
2 oranges, thinly sliced
3 cups sparkling water
Ice cubes as needed

In a large pitcher, combine the wine, brandy, sugar, lemons and oranges and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add the sparkling water and stir to blend. Fill 4 glasses with ice and pour the sangria into the glasses. Serve immediately. Serves 4.

Adapted from Williams-Sonoma Savoring Series,Savoring Spain & Portugal,by Joyce Goldstein (Time-Life Books, 2000).

[howefortunate]

Summer Sangria

The perfect drink for summer evenings!

3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons spiced dark rum
3 tablespoons orange liquer)
1 orange (sliced)
1 lemon (sliced)
2 ripe peaches (sliced)
3 ripe plums (sliced)
2 cinnamon sticks
1 bottle Spanish red wine
Sparkling soda water
1. Add to a punch bowl (or other large bowl): sugar, rum, orange liquer, fruits, and cinnamon sticks. Mix together.
2. Stir in the bottle of wine.
3. Chill in the refrigerator for 4 - 8 hours before serving.
4. Discard cinnamon sticks. Spoon fruits into glasses. Pour the spiced wine over the fruit. Top with a splash of soda water.

Makes 8 glasses.

From June newsletter of Cheers2Wine News, http://www.cheers2wine.com/wine-newsl...

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