Here’s the plan for happy hour at your house with sangria, ceviche, guacamole and salsa! These are all easy, delicious, and festive recipes sure to set the scene for a fun night in your own backyard.

Guacamole:

2 ripe avocados, peeled and pitted

¼ cup peeled and finely chopped plum tomatoes

4 tsp seeded and minced jalapeno pepper

¼ cup chopped green onion

1 tsp minced garlic

¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves

1 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice

2 tsp fresh orange juice

2 tsp fresh lemon juice

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

In a bowl, mash all of the ingredients together with a fork or potato masher until blended and somewhat chunky.

Salsa:

6 Roma tomatoes, chopped

4 garlic cloves, minced

2 seeded and minced jalapenos, plus 2 roasted, skinned and chopped jalapenos

1 red bell pepper, fine dice

1/2 red onion, fine chopped

2 dry ancho chiles, seeded, cut into short strips and snipped into pieces

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 lime, juiced

Chili powder, salt, and pepper, to taste

Fresh scallions, cilantro or parsley, to taste

In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Place in refrigerator for up to 12 hours for flavor infusion.

Ceviche:

1 lb.  halibut, sea bass or red snapper fillets (or use a mixture of fish and shrimp)

5 -6 limes (enough juice to cover fish)

1 cup diced fresh tomato

4 tablespoons chopped cilantro

¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt

¹⁄₄ teaspoon pepper

2 jalapeno peppers, chopped (or more to suit your taste)

1 medium onion, finely chopped

Dice the fish (approximately 1/2-inch dice if using shrimp use cleaned shrimp). Marinate fish in the lime juice in the fridge for about 2 hours (this step cooks the fish). Stir often. Pour off most of the lime juice (just leave it moist). Add remaining ingredients. Do this preferably a few hours before serving & refrigerate.

Toss well and arrange in individual serving bowls that are lined with the lettuce leaves.

Sangria!

Fun Facts!

– Sangria is originally from Spain.

– In the US, Sangria was first tasted in the 1964 World’s Fair in New York.

– Generally made with red wine (Sangria Roja), the summer months can often inspire a lighter version made with white wine (Sangria Blanca).

For your Backyard Happy Hour make one red and one white! Cheers!

Sweet & Sassy Moscato Sangria

Ingredients: 

1 bottle of Sweet & Sassy Moscato

½ cup orange liqueur (like Triple-Sec)

1 liter Club Soda

1 Peach, sliced

1 Apple, sliced

1 Orange, unpeeled and sliced

1 Lemon, unpeeled and sliced

Strawberries, blueberries and any other local, seasonal fruits

Fresh mint for garnish

Pour me into a large pitcher along with the liqueur and club soda. Add the fruit. Let us mingle…get to know each other for a few hours. Pour us into a tall glass with ice and top with a bit of mint to make us look gorgeous. We girls like our accessories!

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Rachael Ray’s Italian Sangria

Ingredients

1 750-ml bottle dry white wine (We recommend Middle Sister Drama Queen Pinot Grigio)

1 cup grapefruit liqueur, such as Campari

2 lemons, thinly sliced, seeds discarded

2 oranges, thinly sliced, seeds discarded

Ice cubes, as needed

1-liter club soda or seltzer water

In a large pitcher, combine the wine, grapefruit liqueur and citrus slices. Refrigerate until ready to serve (can be refrigerated up to 2 days).

To serve, fill glasses with ice, fill 3/4 full with the punch and top off with a splash of club soda or seltzer water.

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Bobby Flay’s Red Wine Blueberry Peach Sangria

 

Ingredients

1 cup fresh blueberries

1 cup simple syrup (equal parts water and sugar heated until sugar dissolves: cool)

1 bottle dry and fruity red wine (We recommend Middle Sister Mischief Maker Cabernet Sauvignon)

1/4 cup Triple Sec

1/4 cup brandy

1 orange, thinly sliced

1 peach, pitted and thinly sliced

Combine the blueberries and simple syrup in a pitcher and lightly muddle them with a potato masher. Add the wine, Triple Sec, brandy, and orange and peach slices. Cover the pitcher and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or up to 24 hours.

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Guy Fieri’s Sangria Perea

Ingredients:

3 cups ice cubes

1/4 cup lemon slices

1/4 cup lime slices

1/4 cup orange, slices

1/4 cup pineapple chunks

1/4 cup seedless grapes

2 cups red wine (We recommend Middle Sister Wild One Malbec)

1/2 cup peach brandy

1 cup orange juice

1 cup lemon/lime soda

In a pitcher, add all the ingredients and stir to combine. Ideally, you want to wait about 1 hour for the fruit and the wine to infuse each other, but you can drink it right away.

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Download this handy Sangria guide from our friends at Sisterhood Direct and put together your own Sangria creation.