Wanting something a little different for an upcoming dinner party, we thought we try making a white sangria instead of the usual red. We love the range of tart and fruity flavors in white wines, and they would work nicely with a splash of citrus and some early summer fruits. Do you have a favorite recipe?
Most of the recipes we've found include either sparkling water or club soda. While some of you might feel that this starts edging things into wine spritzer territory, we really like the crispness these bubbly beverages give the drink.
Along those same lines, we'd love to try using a sparkling wine as the base instead of (or in addition to?!) straight white. A Spanish cava or Italian prosecco sounds like a heavenly match with crushed strawberries or ripe peaches.
We also noticed that most recipes veer toward the sweet and fruity, but we'd like to try one that plays on the more tart and sour flavors in white wine. We think a good pinot grigio, for instance, could do really well paired with fruits like rhubarb, sour cherries, and raspberries.
Hear are a few recipes that looked intriguing to us!
• White Sangria from Epicurious - With sparkling cava and fresh strawberries!
• White Peach Sangria from the Food Network - Bellini meets sangria...
• Melon White Sangria from Eating Well - Keep this one for when the cantaloupes and honeydews come into season!
• White Sangria from the New York Times - This one has a triple threat of white wine, cava, and gin.
What's your favorite kind of white sangria?
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This recipe is WONDERFUL! If you like white Zinfandel, that is. I make it at least once a summer for cookouts. Always gets raves.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/drink/views/White-Zinfandel-Sangria-201197
That peach sangria is in my future.
I've been making a sangria recipe that I (very minimally) adapted from Southern Living magazine this summer-- it's not authentic, and probably barely even qualifies as sangria, but it is a picnic and party staple already! Even better, it is made with rose, my summer drink of choice-- not white wine, but I think it's along the same lines.
Just mix a bottle of rose with a cup of vodka, some sliced peaches, raspberries, a sprinkle of sugar, and some lime juice and let it sit. Top it off with sparkling water and enjoy. You won't be sorry you tried it.
We had a white sangria with St. Germain mixed in this past weekend at a colleague's home, and it was pretty delightful, though I like mine with a dash of sparkling water.
We had white sangria at a Barbie this past weekend also! It was a little boozy..my friend is heavy handed, but was very refreshing and fruity. Loved it.
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I made pineapple sangria for memorial day this year - I don't remember which white wine I used, but it was one bottle of wine, two of those little cans of pineapple juice and two cans of gingerale. I added chunks of pineapple and mango that had marinated in a cup (poured over until it covered the fruit) of triple-sec (because it was the only liquor I had on hand that made any sense). I think I had a quarter cup of sugar in the triple sec, but if the fruit is ripe and you use a sweet liquor like that, I probably could have left it out.
I have had great luck with White Sangira at several parties that featured substantial dishes like smoked pork shoulder and marinaded onion tacos as well as meals with more subtle seafood mains. It really is a great way to cut some of the food and weather heat of a south Louisiana summer. As I recall my recipe went something like this:
One bottle of crisp white like a Fume Blanc or Viogier
One bottle of sparking water (using half tart-ish lemonade is also nice)
One cup of Pisco or other white brandy
A splash or two of good peach liquor like Marie Brizzard
1/2 cup or less simple syrup
Lots of fresh, white peaches.
I've been making this one for the past couple of years:
http://www.chownchat.com/2010/06/perfect-summer-sangria.html
White wine, peach juice, splash of soda water, and sliced peaches and strawberries is my quick and dirty solution. Definitely not quite what I think of as "sangria" but delicious.
Not sure if this really qualifies as sangria, but I've made it for picnics and a bridal shower, and it was a HIT! Very refreshing on a hot summer day, and the hint of mint is a nice surprise...
http://www.spain-recipes.com/white_sangria.html
Here's a great Ginger Sangria recipe... I think I'll meld recipes and trade their dry white wine and brandy for some bubbley cava!
http://www.food52.com/recipes/184_ginger_sangria
White wine, green apple, green grapes, mint and a crushed up vitamin-c tablet to prevent it from going brown. Blend and strain - it's really refreshing.
We used Martha Stewart's recipe for our memorial day bbq and it was perfect! Not too sweet, just a little too easy to drink. http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/white-sangria
Recently did figs with Asti--with homemade prosciutto ice cream to turn up the volume on the classic pairing. Ordinarily, I do a white something with club soda, sliced Granny Smiths or a similarly tart apple, raspberries, peaches, and whatever fragrant herb is looking fresh in the garden--basil, mint, thyme...even lemongrass is great.
we made some white sangria this weekend. yum http://thekosherfoodies.com/2010/06/20/white-strawberry-sangria/
What about Helen Jane's white sangria, no bubbles?