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Sangria Recipes

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LisaSangria recipes usually only have four ingredients.

  • a fruit
  • a wine
  • a small amount of sugar
  • a trace of liqueur


    • And the best thing about sangrias - they are make-ahead drinks. There's nothing worse than a guest showing up early, and you have to offer a drink when you barely have your bar set up!

    The key in to a sangria isn't about the wine. Isn't about the fruit. Isn't about which type of sangria you make. It's about the prep. And I wrote a quick refresher page on how to make a Sangria..

    Below are 4 recipes for sangria. You can take a lot of lee way - as far as wine goes, and there's a little "give" on the fruit.

    Our tradition has it that the left over wine from dinner the night before is the wine we use in our sangrias. However, I don't EVER recall there being any wine left over. (Ok, well maybe the big jugs - but we just drank from them again the next night).

    I have found that using a cheaper wine doesn't hurt the flavor. However, a bad wine is a bad wine. You can't disguise it no matter what. Kinda like having an ugly date - they just don't get prettier even with a bag on their head.

    I do make all these recipes. And again, no matter what options I choose, or what wine I have - the preparation is the key!

    Make sure and read the tips at the bottom of each page so you won't commit any faux pas. (Like buying a fruit that disintegrates in the wine.) The fruit is the best part of a sangria - it's soaked with all that boozegoodness.

    And if sangria recipes aren't quite doing it for you I listed all the Italian Drinks I have on my site too. Thank you for stopping.

    Lisa



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    Lisa Gianotti Fathers Day I can already tell you the main recipes that are viewed on Italian Dessert Recipes during the last few weeks before Fathers Day - CHOCOLATE desserts, CHOCOLATE CAKES, CHOCOLATE cheesecake - basically anything chocolate.

    Not sure why we think men need chocolate. But, it's a cyclical. I see it every year - all my chocolate dessert recipes get the highest viewings.

    So, to give you some ideas - here's what most of us cook for our men on Fathers Day:

    Recipe for Chocolate Cheesecake (I love this because it uses sour cream, and makes the chocolate have the bittersweet deep end flavor

    Chocolate Walnut Cake

    Chocolate Buttermilk Cake (Uses 3 sticks of butter - I make this about 4 times a year!)

    And if you don't want chocolate? Another great holiday cake, that I make for celebrations:

    Italian Rum Cake (Give yourself a day ahead of time to make this. It needs to soak about 24 hours to flavor.)



    Lisa


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    Recipes on this site are from family cookbooks, family traditions, or intentional adaptations from traditional recipes to add an Italian flair. If a recipe was adapted or used from another cook - it is mentioned on the recipe page and the recipe author is given credit.