Name: Peach-Strawberry Frosé
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Ingredients: 1 (750-ml) bottle rosé wine; 3 ounces recipe; 4½ ounces (1 cup) frozen strawberries; 4½ ounces (1 cup) frozen peaches; Fresh strawberry slices

Why This Recipe Works

People can't seem to get enough of this pretty, pink, fruit-forward wine cocktail, and with good reason. Though you may see it churning away in countertop machines at restaurants, it's simple to make at home. While some recipes call for pouring wine right from bottle to blender, we discovered that freezing some of the wine first in ice cube trays created the best slushy texture. Many recipes call for strawberries and lemon juice, but we found this to be overwhelming. Instead, combining equal parts strawberries and peaches resulted in a light, fresh fruitiness that enhanced rather than suppressed the flavor of the wine. We used frozen fruit (fruit picked at the peak of ripeness and then frozen); this, along with the wine ice cubes, eliminated the need for adding regular ice cubes (which, in testing, caused the frosé to have an unpleasantly icy consistency).

Before You Begin

Use a fruitier rather than a drier rosé for this cocktail.

Instructions

Measure out and reserve 10 ounces wine. Divide remaining wine between 2 ice cube trays and freeze until firm, about 2 hours. (Frozen wine cubes can be transferred to zipper-lock bag and kept frozen for up to 2 months.)

Add reserved wine, simple syrup, strawberries, peaches, and frozen wine cubes to blender (in that order) and process until smooth, about 1 minute, scraping down sides of blender jar as needed. Pour into chilled wine glasses. Garnish with strawberry slices and serve.