Wedding Cocktail Hour: The Bellini
Posted
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 4:19 PM
Bellini Recipe
White peach puree
Prosecco (or other white sparkling wine)
-- Fill 1/3 of a champagne flute with puree
-- Top to brim with chilled Prosecco
-- Enjoy!
While some Bellini recipes we’ve seen rely on liqueurs or cordials
to achieve that perfect peach flavor, purists say the true Bellini cocktail is a simple two-to-one blend of Italian sparkling white wine with white peach
puree served in a fluted glass.
That’s the way they served them up in 1948 at Harry's Bar in
Venice, when head
bartender Giuseppe Cipriani blended Italian white peaches – in season only from
June to September – with Prosecco and declared the gentle blush color to be the
exact shade of the toga of a saint in a painting by 15th-century Venetian
artist Giovanni Bellini.
As it happens Prosecco runs about one-third the cost of Champagne. Elegance, without the expense. If white peaches are not in season for your wedding, The Perfect
Puree of Napa Valley’s white peach blend comes frozen and lasts 7 to 10 days
thawed and refrigerated.
See more pink wedding ideas, cocktail recipes, and cocktail
hour planning tips; plus, see how other couples pulled off their cocktail
hour decor. Visit The Perfect
Puree of Napa Valley
for more info.