Recipes from LC

A wise person once said something like, ‘Never cook with wine you wouldn’t drink.’ At Layton’s Chance we wholeheartedly agree! Whether cooking with wine or looking for the perfect wine-food pairing, follow our Signature Recipes blog for meal and drink ideas, meal pairings, and other culinary tips.

Our wines can be used in cooking or paired along with your favorite dishes to make the perfect complement. They even make excellent wine cocktails and sangrias.

Visit our wine shop and find the perfect bottle for our favorite house recipes.

All Recipies Beverages Desserts Main Dishes

Lazy Day Cider Sangria

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2 Chopped Apples
Caramel Syrup to taste.
1 Gallon Cider
2 Bottles Layton’s Chance Lazy Day White Wine

Combine in a drink dispenser. Serve chilled. Garnish with Apple slices.

Summertime Spritzer

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Looking for a great summertime spritzer? Try this! Alisons Wonderful Watermelon Wine, mint, lime juice & sparkling water!

1 Bottle Alison’s Wonderful Watermelon Wine
1 Lime
Fresh Mint
Seltzer- Lemon, Lime or plain.

Add wine to a pitcher, squeeze in juice of 1 lime and fresh mint. Before serving add a splash of seltzer and garnish with a sprig of mint and sliced lime. Serve over ice.

White Peach Sangria

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2 Bottles of Semi Sweet White Wine (Layton’s Chance Lazy Day White)
1 can of Frozen White Grape Peach Concentrate
3 Cups 7up or Ginger Ale
Chopped Fruit- Peaches, Oranges, Lemons, Grapefruit
Watermelon Spritzer
5 ounces Watermelon Wine
1 ounce Plain or Watermelon Vodka
Splash of Club Soda or Sparkling
Water
Ice

Fruit Salad with Wine

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2 cups seedless green grapes
4 chopped granny smith apples
1 lb sliced fresh strawberries
2 cups cubed watermelon
1 cup sugar
1 cup fruit or wine wine (recommended: Layton’s Chance Watermelon Wine)
handful of chopped mint

Add all of the fruit to a bowl. Bring wine and sugar to a bowl and stir for about 5 minutes until it resembles syrup. Once the syrup has cooled, add it to the fruit and toss with mint.

Freedom Sangria

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It’s always a great weekend to make some sangria.

1 Bottle Freedom Wine
Cut up seasonal fruit such as plums, peaches, apples.
1 cup Orange Juice
½ Cup Orange Brandy
Sprig Mint or Rosemary
1 Blackberry White Claw or Seltzer of your choice.

Add first 5 ingredients to a pitcher, refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight. Before serving add the seltzer. Add some orange brandy if you’re feelin’ frisky! What Christi’s creation here.

Red Wine Cider Sangria

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3 Btls Layton’s Chance Picnic Red Wine
Chopped Apples
2 cups Apple Cider
2 cups Sparkling Cider or Sparkling Water
1/4 cup Mulling Spices
Cinnamon Sticks

Mix wine, cider, spices, apples and let sit in fridge for at least 3 hours or overnight.
Add sparkling cider or sparkling water before serving.

Cranberry Orange Sparkler

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Punch bowl size add equal part cranberry juice and orange juice to 1 bottle of sparkling wine or prosecco. Add frozen cranberries and orange wedges or make a ice ring with them but use one of the juices to freeze not water. Add the sparkling wine right before serving. Garnish with rosemary in each glass.

Rudolph Sparkler

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2 Cups Hulled Strawberries
½ cup Orange Juice
1 Bottle Chilled Sparkling Cider or Prosseco
1 Orange
1 bottle Layton’s Chance Bo Berry Strawberry Wine
Mint Leaves

Puree Strawberries in a blender with 2 tbsp. water, put puree in a pitcher or dispenser. Add the Wine and Orange Juice, garnish with Orange slices and Mint.

French Dip Sandwich

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1 Beef rump roast
2 t. Kosher salt, 1/2 t. pepper
2 t. Vegetable oil
1 cup red wine (recommended: Layton’s Chance Farm Red Wine)
1 large onion sliced
15 oz Beef broth
Dried onion soup mix
2 loaves French bread

Brown the meat in a large roasting pan with oil, salt and pepper. Add browned meat to a slow cooker. Pour wine into used meat pan and reduce for 2 min. Add all ingredients to slow cooker and cook on low for 5 hours.

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Farm Mojito

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1 Tbsp. Ginger
Ice
1 tsp. Sugar
5 Ounces Layton’s Chance Farm White Wine
6 to 8 Mint Leaves

Muddle ginger & sugar in Shaker, add Ice, Mint & Wine……Shake pour into glass unstrained.

Laura Palmer

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4 oz. Layton’s Chance Laura’s Lemonade Wine
4 oz. Unsweetened Iced Tea
Ice
Mint for muddling and garnish
Lemon slices

Place mint leaves in a glass and press to muddle to taste. Add ice, a lemon slice, iced tea and Laura’s Lemonade Wine. Mix, garnish with mint leaves and a lemon slice, and enjoy. To make a bigger batch – follow the 1:1 ratio.

Homemade Ice Cream

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1 Quart Mason Jar
1 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
2 TSP. Vanilla
Pinch Salt
½ cup of your favorite wine

Add ingredients to the jar, secure lid tightly and shake for at least 5 minutes.

After the mixture thickens add ½ cup of your favorite wine, preserves, fresh fruit, crushed cookies. Stir and freeze for 3 hours.

Choptank Mulled Tea Punch

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15 Whole Cloves
2 Cinnamon Sticks
2 ½ Quarts Water
5 Lipton Family Size Tea Bags
2 ½ Cups Light Brown Sugar
2 ½ Cups Cranberry Juice Cocktail
2 Bottles Chambourcin Wine

Put Spices in cheesecloth. Bring water to a boil over high heat in large staock pot. Remove from heat. Add Tea Bags & Spices. Cover and steep 5 minutes. Remove Tea Bags, spices and squeeze. Stir in Sugar, Cranberry Juice, and Wine. Keep covered and heat through. Garnish with studded cloved oranges, Serve warm.

Chocolate Red Wine Cupcakes Recipe

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1 box of cake mix (recommended: Devils Food)
½ c. water
¾ c. dry red wine (recommended: Layton’s Chance Chambourcin Wine)
½ c. vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 c. semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350. Mix first 5 ingredients. Fold in chocolate chips. Spoon into cupcake tins so tins are half full. Bake for 20 minutes.

Icing ingredients
1 package cream cheese
2 tbls red wine
optional: powered sugar to taste

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4th of July Red, White & Blue

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Place cubed Pound Cake or Angel Food cake in a wine glass.
Top with Vanilla ice cream & fresh berries.
Drizzle of Layton’s Chance Joe’s Cool Red Wine…..use Turbo Charged Layton’s Chance Joe’s Cool Red Wine for your own personal fireworks!

Laura’s Lemonade-Blueberry Sangria

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Makes a two-quart pitcher
1 and a half bottles of Layton’s Chance Laura’s Lemonade Wine
1/2 cup tequila
1 cup fresh blueberries, half for muddling
1 sliced lemon
1 cup unflavored seltzer or club soda
1 cup simple syrup

To make simple syrup combine 1 cup water with 1 cup sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool. Combine all ingredients in a pitcher and stir. Chill before serving. Garnish with lemon slice and a sprig of mint. For an extra kick, add fresh mint to the pitcher.

Vienna Mule

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Change up the traditional mule with Layton’s Chance wines for a lighter cocktail.

4 oz Layton’s Chance Reserve Traminette
2 oz Cranberry Juice or Sparkling Cranberry Juice
2 oz Ginger Beer
Lime juice to taste
Fresh cranberries, lime slice and a sprig of rosemary for garnish

Fill a glass or copper mug with ice. Pour in the ingredients. Stir, garnish and enjoy. Add a shot of vodka for an extra kick.

Make it a Red Vienna Mule but substituting your favorite Layton’s Chance Red Wine for the Layton’s Chance Reserve Traminette

Lazy Day Rose Lemonade

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Make Lemonade:

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup water

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

1 cup cold water

Other:

1 cup Lazy Day Rose wine

Instructions

To make the lemonade, combine the water and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, and stir to dissolve the sugar. Let cool.
Add the fresh lemon juice and water to the sugar mixture and stir to dissolve. Refrigerate until cold.
Before serving, mix the lemonade with the rosé wine. Divide between two glasses and serve.