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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Break out the pitchers—it’s Sangria season

Sangría may mean “blood” in Spanish but to me it means “ideal libation for springtime parties.” It's basically punch made with red wine, chopped fruit, OJ and a little brandy or Triple Sec. Oh, and some water avec gas. I'm getting loopy just thinking about it. You don’t, however, always have to follow tradition, as I was reminded when I stumbled on Lisa Shea’s website devoted to all things Sangria. She’s quite the innovator as she’s got recipes for Irish whiskey Sangria, cognac Sangria, and even a Sangria made with cinnamon Red Hots. My personal fave is her pineapple sangria—I’m just waiting for the right occasion to serve up a pitcher or two.

Pineapple Sangria
1 bottle riesling
1 cup pineapple cubes and juice
1 bottle ginger ale
1 cup apple juice
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Mix together the wine, pineapple, ginger ale, apple juice and lemon juice until well mixed. Refrigerate overnight.

Serve the next day from a large pitcher filled with ice.




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Comments 1-9 of 9
  • babs.loyd's Avatar
    Posted by babs.loyd Wed May 14, 2008 4:18pm PDT

    Ole Sangria, It's so easy. This recipe given to us by a vendor at a Mediterranean Festival.

    1 can Five Alive frozen juice

    1 bottle cheap red wine

    1 can fizzy soda, your choice (I like 7-Up or Sprite)

    1 orange and 1 lime, cut into 8 wedges or slices

    Pour all liquids into pitcher, chill. Just before serving, add the fruit wedges

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  • swtlatina96's Avatar
    Posted by swtlatina96 Wed May 14, 2008 9:30pm PDT

    Something easy!!

    bottle of red wine

    sugar to taste

    fresh apples

    cherries

    pinapple

    oranges

    chill and serve!!!

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  • optiva's Avatar
    Posted by optiva Thu May 15, 2008 6:26am PDT

    WHERE'S A REAL RECIPE FOR SANGRIA? NONE OF THESE WOULD PASS FOR REAL SANGRIA IN SPANE OR ANY OTHER LATIN PLACE. GET A REAL RECIPE BEFORE YOU WRITE AN ARTICLE.

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  • Debra D's Avatar
    Posted by Debra D Thu May 15, 2008 7:02am PDT

    SPAIN that is .. I actually make it by the glassful if no one else is drinking it...glass of red wine, lime juice, spoon of sugar, orange juice and splash of triple sec or cointreau... add a slice of orange and lime and ole!

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  • mel m's Avatar
    Posted by mel m Thu May 15, 2008 8:40am PDT

    Well this is how my boyfriend's sis makes it and it tastes YUMMY

    1 whole bottle of Blackberry Merlot Arbor Mist (cheap but good)

    1 cup each of:

    Bacardi light rum, orange juice, sprite

    1/2 cup of sugar

    1 each cut up into slices:

    lemon, lime, orange

    Pour all ingredients into a pitcher put half amount of the slices of fruit in mixture save other half for garnishes in individual drinks..serve chilled or over ice! Yummy..

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  • Megs's Avatar
    Posted by Megs Thu May 15, 2008 7:02pm PDT

    Personally that sounds super yummy

    and to the one who said get the real recipe, perhaps a spelling class before you post trying to burn others. Just a suggestion

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  • Southernbelle1270's Avatar
    Posted by Southernbelle1270 Tue May 20, 2008 12:01pm PDT

    I agree with Megs before you blast someones recipe why not take a spelling class. Please do not use all caps it is the equivelent of yelling.

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  • Southernbelle1270's Avatar
    Posted by Southernbelle1270 Tue May 20, 2008 12:02pm PDT

    Oh yeah and to Optiva where did you learn to be so rude?

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  • kp2939's Avatar
    Posted by kp2939 Wed May 21, 2008 4:28am PDT

    The thing about Sangria is there are many ways to prepare it. Same as paella(spelling???) The spice of life OPTIVA is diversity! However, I do have a Sangria nightmare story. A couple years ago I decided to surprise a few friends with some homemade Sangria while vacationing at the beach. I got my recipe from a French co-worker. (she knew everything about serving good drinks) We used a red wine from Spain (2 bottles I think) plus Vodka or some other type of liquor, ginerale, and tons of fresh fruit. I let it sit in the icebox for the whole day. It was so strong the entire condo was overcome by the smell. We couldn't even drink it. Finally I admitted it should be thrown out. It took 3 days for the Sangria smell to leave the condo. We all had a big laugh, and drank ice cold beer instead.

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