In recent years, granizado de vino (frozen slush wine drinks) have gained great popularity across the country. The combination of wine, fruit flavors, sugar, and other sometimes exotic ingredients combine to create an enticing taste. However, when you freeze this concoction, that’s when your tongue throws a feast for your mouth. Freezing it or preparing it in a blender makes all the difference. Refreshing beyond description.
There are two ways to make wine slushies. One is to find a good recipe, buy all the ingredients, and prepare it from scratch.
The other way is to buy a dry wine slush mix to which you simply add your favorite wine (any type of wine, even champagne) and water. Just mix everything together and freeze it. That’s all about it.
Let’s explore option number one – here are some wine slushie recipes to make from scratch.
WINE SLUSH RECIPE
1 (12 oz.) Frozen orange juice
1 Hawaiian punch (48 oz.)
Juice of 2 lemons
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 bottle of wine
Stir and freeze. Use 1/2 of 7-Up and 1/2 of slush.
WINE SLUSH RECIPE
2 tbsp. sugar and 1 tsp. water, boiled, simmered 10 minutes and cooled
1 (12 oz.) Orange juice concentrate
1 (12 oz.) Lemonade concentrate
2 tbsp. Water
1/2 gallon of hearty burgundy
Mix and freeze. To serve: Make individual glasses. Fill half the glass with the frozen mixture and half with 7-Up.
CELEBRATION WINE SLUSH RECIPE
4 (6 oz) cans frozen mandarin or orange juice concentrate
2 pt. pineapple sorbet
3 tablespoons water
Orange, lemon or lime slices or wedges
Dry white wine, champagne, rum, vodka, sparkling water or lemon-lime carbonated drink, chilled
Thaw the concentrate slightly; Stir the straw to soften it. Stir the concentrate and water into the straw. Freeze 5 hours. Pour 2 tablespoons of granita into a glass; to choose the drink. Garnish with a slice of fruit. makes 9 1/2 cups of slush or about 60 to 75 servings.
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These are all delicious frozen wine drinks, however they are expensive due to the large number of different ingredients you have to buy. Also, they require a trip to the store to buy all the ingredients. Some recipes are also difficult to prepare. This doesn’t say much for convenience.
Our next option is the dry wine slush mix. This option removes all the negatives mentioned above. As a manufacturer of a dry wine slush mix, I can tell you that people buy these mixes for a variety of reasons.
First, they are super convenient. All you need is the blend and your favorite wine. Just add wine and water to the mixture and stir until the mixture dissolves completely. Put it in the freezer for 4 to 8 hours or overnight. Take it out and use a spoon to stir it all together until it is the right consistency and serve.
No measuring sugar, no slicing lemons or limes, no sherbet, no boiling water and stovetop sugar, etc. Just shake the wine and water with the mixture and you’re done. That is convenience.
Comfort isn’t all that wine slush mixes offer. No matter how convenient a product is, if it doesn’t taste good, it’s no good. The fact that millions of bags of wine slush are sold and enjoyed each year speaks for itself. If it didn’t taste good, no one would buy it. It obviously tastes good. Very well.
If you have anything left or if it melts, just pop it in the freezer and it will be just as good next time. This is not always true with some of his “from scratch” recipes. It will stay frozen in your freezer for at least 9 months and will taste like it did last night. Before preparing a batch, it will stay well in your cabinet for a full year.
Versatility also comes into play here. The blends do not need any type of wine. It adopts the profile of any type of wine you use, even champagne. However, you might be surprised that many, many people buy it because they can use it. non-alcoholic slush mix. You can use it with non-alcoholic wine, ginger ale, cranberry juice, pomegranate juice, apple juice, grape juice, and sparkling juices. Moms love this for kids.
Another nice aspect of some of the wine slush mixes is that they also come in pretty decorated gift bags. These make wonderful hostess gifts, birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, etc. A bag or two of the wine slush mix with a bottle of wine make a perfect gift for any occasion. Some companies even have other wine-related items such as wine charms, flattened and decorated wine bottles, wine sauce mixes, etc. that you can add to make a personalized gift basket with a wine theme.
Whether you choose option number one or the dry mixes, the wine slushies are delicious and are here to stay. Enjoy!
