Amazing White Sangria...

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Lil...sorry for the delay...I had to fish it out of my bulging purse and that didn't happen til last nite. Esp since I was thinking about making it this weekend...I had some motivation to enter the purse war zone...hehe!

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Okay so here is the update ...

We made the sangria last nite and it was divine. But I had to tweak it alot to get it to where I wanted it to be. Mind you I like super sweet stuff and the first few tries were too tart for my taste. Even Greg mentioned it. So we kept adding more of the ingredients til we liked it. We made it with Sutter Home Sauv Blanc, only the classy stuff for us, LOL! We used a magnum of it which Greg says is like 2 regular bottles. So the 'splash' ended up being alot more like a 1/2 cup of each item or more. To taste.

For fruits we used green apples, white nectarines, pineapple slices (canned and used the juice as well), and orange slices.

We let it chill about 1.5 hours and it was really good...as the night wore on we started eating the fruit which was SOOO sweet.

We drank about 1/2 the mix, so I guess one bottle of wine which isn't too bad, kind of like out at dinner! The rest chilled in the fridge for drinking today.

Opened up the fridge this morning and the potent smell of the marinated fruit hit me...OH IT SMELLED SO GOOD I had to try it. Yes before noon, just a tiny taste.  Oh and I ate a slice of apple too.

So after the experiment, here's my revised recipe. If you like really sweet wines, I'd use a Moscato, we used one previously in a white sangria experiment and it got rave reviews from friends and it was *gone* at the end of the evening. Sutter Home also does a magnum of Moscato that was surprsingly good for this.

Magnum of White Wine: Sauv Blanc for a tart taste; Riesling for slightly sweeter; or Moscato for very sweet fruity taste
~1/2c Sugar Water (sugar dissolved in water)
~1/2c Cranberry Juice
~3/4c Pineapple Juice
~1/4c Brandy
~1/2c OJ
Add fruits to taste....let sit for 1-2 hours if possible to get the fruit saturated...overnight is best!

--Figures it serves about 4 depending on what you serve it with....

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Hmmm I would estimate if you do 1/2c sugar water then I'd do 1/2 sugar and 1/2 water, but I like things sweet! So possibly a bit of experimenting on the sugar water to your taste.

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YUM Jade that sounds right up my alley, I LOVE SUPER SWEET drinks!!

If you want it less sweet next time I'd cut back on the lychee syrup which can be very sweet and also use a Sauv Blanc instead of a Riesling. See how that helps? YUM.

Melissa, peach sounds divine. Hmmm. Ideas.

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"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

-Albert Einstein

Date: 9/28/2005 2:30:14 AM
Author: Mara
YUM Jade that sounds right up my alley, I LOVE SUPER SWEET drinks!!

If you want it less sweet next time I'd cut back on the lychee syrup which can be very sweet and also use a Sauv Blanc instead of a Riesling. See how that helps? YUM.

Melissa, peach sounds divine. Hmmm. Ideas.

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Renee
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