Bellini Cocktail Recipe
White peach purée lifted by cold Prosecco — soft, blushing and barely sweet.
- Category: Contemporary Classics
- Glass: Flute glass
- ABV: 8%
- Difficulty: Easy
- Prep time: ~3 min
Ingredients
- Prosecco100 ml (3.4 oz)
- Fresh white peach purée50 ml (1.7 oz)
How to Make It
- Spoon the chilled peach purée into a flute.
- Add the cold Prosecco slowly so it does not foam over.
- Stir gently just once to combine.
- Serve immediately, without garnish.
Garnish
Serve without garnish
What it tastes like
Fruit notes come forward and it is carbonated.
The technique
Built in the glass. Ice goes into the serving glass, the ingredients go on top, and you stir once if at all. Anything carbonated goes in LAST and never gets stirred; every turn of the spoon costs you bubbles. Fill the glass to the rim with ice: less ice melts faster, not slower.
Glass and ice
A narrow, tall flute. The slim opening is what keeps sparkling wine fizzing longest: there is very little surface for the bubbles to escape from.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Prosecco
- Italian sparkling wine, fruitier and less yeasty than champagne. It is what a spritz means by sparkling wine, and it has to be opened ice-cold.
The Story
Created at Harry's Bar in Venice in the mid-twentieth century and named for the pink tone found in paintings by the Venetian artist Giovanni Bellini.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Bellini mixed?
- It is built in the glass and served in a flute.
- How strong is a Bellini?
- Roughly 8% ABV as served — lighter than a beer — a long-conversation drink that takes a second round.
- Can a Bellini be made without alcohol?
- Simply leaving the spirit out does not work — the body and the bitterness go with it. The 86 alcohol-free recipes in the catalogue are built to hit that balance from the start.
- Is a Bellini hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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