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Best Sangria Recipe

"The basic traditional recipe"




Best Sangria Recipe The best sangria recipe is made perfect by following the procedure. Yeah, I know. Follow directions. But the flavor you get makes the difference between a quick slap together job and a good tasting drink!

This is the plain naked recipe without all of the added fancy ingredients. It's a great starting point. (Use it to create your own recipe later.)

Just brushing up on the basics of how to make a sangria and use this recipe as a starting point and you should be good to go to make ANY sangria with whatever fruit you have on hand. Modifications and substitutions are discussed below.



This is the list of sangria recipes I have on my site:

Sangria Recipes








Thanks for stopping by and remember this is the best sangria recipe to get started with. It's the basic one, the traditional one.

Lisa

The Best Sangria Recipe

Starts with the tradition!


Ingredients:

* 1 Bottle of red wine (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Shiraz)

* 1 Lemon cut into wedges

* 1 Orange cut into wedges

* 2 Tbsp sugar

* 1 Shot of a brandy

* Splash of club soda

Procedure

 1. Pour the wine in the Sangria pitcher.

2. Place the lemon and orange wedges in bowl and press the sugar into the wedges. Press enough to extract some of the natural juices. (Don't kill the fruit - but press and extract).

3. Pour the shot of brandy over the pressed fruit.

4. Cover the fruit and brandy mixture. LET IT SIT at least 15 minutes!
(If you have a cheap plastic container with a lid - stick the mixture in the container and WALK AWAY!)

5. AFTER the minimum 15 minutes, pour all of the fruit brandy mixture into your sangria pitcher.

6. Refrigerate! LET THE SANGRIA SIT at least half a day so that the flavors blend.

7. When serving splash each glass with club soda.



Why is this the "best" sangria recipe?


Because this is the traditional sangria recipe. It's a good starting point when you are looking to create your own concoction.


What makes a *bad* sangria?


Many things! To keep me off my soap box I will stay within reason:
  • Using too ripe fruit


  • Using the wrong amount of booze


  • Using the wrong amount of sugar


  • Not letting the fruit booze mixture sit


  • Not letting the Sangria pitcher sit


  • Not letting the Sangria pitcher sit


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  • Not letting the Sangria pitcher sit


    •  My biggest pet peeve is the wannabe bartender slicing up the fruit on the spot and throwing it in the pitcher in front of the patron. What the heck is that?! It's totally fake. You can do way better yourself!

    Brush up on the basics and you will be light years ahead of the peach-fuzz-mustached-kid-bartender, see how to make a sangria.



    What can be substituted for brandy?


  • gin


  • rum


    • What can I substitute for the club soda?


    Is this necessary? Not necessarily necessary - but topping off the drink is traditional. As a foodie purist I NEVER use any of the substitutions for club soda.

    But to be politically correct and not offend some obscure group I list these as considerations:

  • ginger ale


  • citrus soda


    • What red wine makes the best sangria recipe?


    I don't share my weight, my husband, or drinking straws. I absolutely refuse to share my thoughts on what red wine is the best. You choose! The suggestions are listed in the recipe.

    Just remember A BAD WINE IS A BAD WINE! If you received a bad wine as a gift - this is not the time to use it.



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    Lisa Gianotti Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are:

    FAST

    Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture)

    And freeze-aheads

    A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist)

    Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5)

    Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum)

    Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that.

    Lisa


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