White wine Sangria

I Dream in Chocolate turns four today. I can’t believe this tiny blog of mine has grown to four years. I want to thank you to my fellow food bloggers and all my readers for your support along the way, I am ever so thankful.

I wanted to bake a cake for the occasion but as previously mentioned in my Shanghai Street post the oven is broken. Instead I made a white wine Sangria. I love the red version but once I tired the white wine version at Flying Fajitas Sisters I was completely sold.

This recipe is quick and simple. It is also so much cheaper when made at home.

White Wine Sangria
recipe adapted from “Delicious” more please by Valli Little

Ingredients
1 bottle of 750 mls of dry white wine such as Sauvignon blanc or Chardonnay
1/4 cup of caster sugar
1 peach chopped
1/2 an apple chopped
1/2 an orange sliced
about 4 strawberries
about 10 mint leaves
1/2 cup of peach schapps or peach flavoured wine (pre-mixed peach drink will work)
ice to serve

* Red Sangria – replace white wine with a dry red wine such as pinot noir or cabernent savignon
* To make this nonalcoholic you can use a sparkling grape juice such as white fronti in replace of white wine, to replace peach wine/schapps add apple juice or peach tea.

1. Combine sugar an wine in a jug or jar. Mix until sugar is dissolved
2. Add the fruit, mint and peach wine/schnapps
3. Stand Sangria at room temperature for 2 hours to infuse
4. Serve Sangria over ice or chill until cold.

I don’t have much to offer my readers but I will be giving away Nigella Lawson’s How to be a domestic goddess.

If you ask me why I choose this book? Because it has been with me ever since I started to bake. It is a book I keep on referring back to – time after again. Although I am not too fond of Nigella’s TV show I am quite fond of her cookbooks especially domestic Goddess. Out of all my cookbooks I have, I seem to cook/bake from domestic goddess the most. I guess it’s pretty much sentimental to me.

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EasyWay Tea: Floral Series

EasyWay has recently launch a new range of tea called the Floral series. I was invited to try 5 new drinks from the new range. I asked Miss C to tagged along to help taste! I decided to try them at the Parramatta Store in Westfield on level 1. We were greeted by Anry who is the store manager, who is very lovely and bubbly :). We went into the kitchen behind, it was a little awkward since it was shared with 85 degrees bakery (the staff was a little confused why we were there). I was a little worried about trying teas especially since I am lactose Intolerant, (so is miss C) but the range is lactose free and halal too.

Osmanthus Oolong Tea, the drink tasted very refreshing especially on a hot day. Miss C was happy with this tea

Osmanthus Blended Ice with rainbow Jelly. I liked this version more then the Oolong tea. Miss C found it strange and flavours were a bit complicated, she prefers not to order blended ice in general.

Roselle Green Tea, this was least liked by Miss C and myself. It was pretty strong in sweetness and has a much stronger flavour. There is a fruity taste to it as well. It is something I don’t mind drinking but wouldn’t order it given the choice.

Chrysanthemum Honey Green Tea, the Chrysanthemum is a bit overpowering in this but I don’t mind it at all. Miss C gave it an okay.

Chrysanthemum Blended Ice with green apply jelly. Miss C couldn’t tast the Chysanthemum while I can taste a bit of it. It is a strong in sweetness but I didn’t find it as sweet as Roselle Green Tea.

Roselle blended ice. Anry gave us an extra sample of the Roselle blended Ice, despite not liking the Roselle Green tea much I really like the blended Ice version. Miss C found it a bit sour and likes this version as well.

In the end I liked the Osmanthus Blended Ice the most and the Osmanthus Oolong tea came second. Miss C’s Favourite was the Osmanthus Oolong tea. Roselle Green tea wasn’t bad in taste but we both found it the least favourite. Thank you easyway for the opportunity 🙂 to taste the new range.

Shop 1142A, Level 1 Westfield Parramatta,
159-175 Church Street
Parramatta, NSW, 2150
02 9635 3385