My wife's hobby is pottery. This evening she came home with a nice large pitcher that she had made and asked me to come up with a recipe for a "great Sangria." (Oximoron?)

I have no idea, but in addition to looking for some recipes on the net, I figured I'd ask if any of you folks will admit to knowing one.

Many thanks in advance, and please have pity as I am going to have to drink it.

When I was in college, we used to drink Yago right out of the bottle. I know lcc makes a Sangria from Termanthia.

Din - I made some last year that received rave reviews when I prepared it for a TexMex evening. It's from FoodTV.com, of course. I used Jim Beam instead of Brandy (long story) - it added a bit of kick that actually worked. Here's the recipe with my revisions:

1 orange (a Blood Orange is pretty)
1 normal lemon or a couple of Meyer lemons
2 peaches or nectarines
1 to 2 tablespoons granulated sugar or turbinado sugar (added a nice note)
1 to 2 bottles of rioja, chilled
3 tablespoons brandy
Chilled mineral water, to taste
I also added other seasonal fruit if something looked nice

Rinse the citrus in hot, running water, and dry them. Cut away the rind in a spiral, using a knife. Remove the pith from both fruits, and slice the flesh. Peel the peach/nectarine flesh into pieces (I didn't peel and it looked prettier, in my opinion). Place the fruit and the attractive pieces of citrus peel in a large pitcher. Sprinkle with sugar (turbinado needs extra time to dissolve). I let the fruit macerate for 15-20 minutes so the juices were flowing. Pour in the wine and brandy, then the water. Stir. Sangria should be served chilled.

I have a great recipe from cooking class, I'll post it as soon as I can dig it out.

Don't knock Sangria. It's refreshing on a hot day with spicy Spanish food. As long as you don't drink it and think it is the same as drinking wine, I see nothing wrong with drinking Sangria. It's just another cocktail.

Martha Stewart had a good recipe for a white wine Sangria. I'll have to see if I can find it anywhere.

dinwiddie -

TRADITIONAL SANGRIA
Ingredients:
-Reál Sangria Mix or Rioja Red Wine
-1/3 cup of Orange Juice
-1/2 cup of Brandy
-2 cups of chilled Soda Water
-Sliced apples, oranges, limes and other fruit
-Ice

Instructions:
-Combine the wine or sangria mix with the orange juice, brandy and fruit. Refrigerate for at least an hour or two.
-Add chilled soda water and a small amount of ice right before serving

Sangria Mix

You should also try sparkling wine, its different and refreshing.

My recipe:

1 cup of fresh squeezed pulpy orange juice
1 cup of white grape fruit juice
1 cup of fresh squeezed lemonade
1/3 cup of brandy
1/3 cup of Triple Sec
1-1 1/2 bottle of any red wine (Spanish or Chilean is better)
diced apples
splash of champagne or seltzer water (optional)

Tastes best after 6 hours of sitting in the pitcher.

BellaDonna,

Wonderful! Somebody else uses the secret ingredient of a good sangria.

Triple Sec.

Triple Sec isn't only the secret ingredient to a good sangria...it's the secret ingredient to remove clothing more importantly.

TMI, I think.