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Bellini

By Lan Lam

Published on September 5, 2019

Time

5 minutes

Yield

Makes 1 cocktail

Bellini

Ingredients

2 ½ fluid ounces (¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon) peach juice or nectar, chilled¼ fluid ounce (1½ teaspoons) peach schnapps 3 fluid ounces (¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons) sparkling wine, chilled1 thin slice peach (optional)

Before You Begin

Either peach juice or nectar works well here. Tilt the glass to a 45-degree angle and pour the wine down the side of the glass to minimize foaming.

Instructions

  1. Add peach juice and peach schnapps to chilled champagne flute; stir with spoon to combine. Add wine. Using spoon, gently lift juice mixture from bottom to top of glass to combine. Garnish with peach slice, if using. Serve.
Bellini
Photography by Carl Tremblay. Styling by Catrine Kelty.

Time

5 minutes

Yield

Makes 1 cocktail

Ingredients

2 ½ fluid ounces (¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon) peach juice or nectar, chilled
¼ fluid ounce (1½ teaspoons) peach schnapps
3 fluid ounces (¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons) sparkling wine, chilled
1 thin slice peach (optional)

Ingredients

2 ½ fluid ounces (¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon) peach juice or nectar, chilled
¼ fluid ounce (1½ teaspoons) peach schnapps
3 fluid ounces (¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons) sparkling wine, chilled
1 thin slice peach (optional)

Ingredients

2 ½ fluid ounces (¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon) peach juice or nectar, chilled
¼ fluid ounce (1½ teaspoons) peach schnapps
3 fluid ounces (¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons) sparkling wine, chilled
1 thin slice peach (optional)

Why This Recipe Works

Our Bellini is easy to make because it is mixed in the flute and doesn't require specialized barware. We simply fortified peach juice with peach schnapps and then topped it off with sparkling wine.

Before You Begin

Either peach juice or nectar works well here. Tilt the glass to a 45-degree angle and pour the wine down the side of the glass to minimize foaming.

Instructions

  1. Add peach juice and peach schnapps to chilled champagne flute; stir with spoon to combine. Add wine. Using spoon, gently lift juice mixture from bottom to top of glass to combine. Garnish with peach slice, if using. Serve.

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