Bellini
White peach purée topped with chilled prosecco. Pale pink, soft and two ingredients.
- Time
- 5 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Glass
- Flute
- Strength
- 1.1 UK units
How to make a Bellini
- Chill the flute. Put the glass in the fridge or freezer for 10 minutes, until the glass is cold to the touch.
- Pour in the purée. Add the peach purée to the flute. It should come about a third of the way up.
- Top with prosecco, slowly. Pour the prosecco down the side of the tilted glass in two stages, letting the foam settle in between. It will rise fast.
- Stir once and serve. Stir very gently with a bar spoon, one turn only, until the pink is even through the drink. Serve immediately.
- Glass
- FluteNo flute? A small wine glass or a coupe.
- Ice
- No ice
- Garnish
- None, or a thin peach slice on the rimOr: A single raspberry dropped in the glass.
What you need to make a Bellini
Bottles we'd use
- White peach puréeFunkin or Boiron white peach purée is easy to find and saves you blending your own.Find it on Amazon
- A dry proseccoBrut keeps the Bellini from being too sweet, because the purée already adds sugar.Find it on Amazon
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The Bellini story
The Bellini is credited to Giuseppe Cipriani, founder of Harry's Bar in Venice. Accounts put its invention somewhere between the 1930s and 1948, and the name comes from the Venetian painter Giovanni Bellini, said to be because the drink's pink-white colour recalled the glow of his paintings. The dates are not firmly settled.
It only needs two things, so both have to be good. Use ripe white peaches, or a decent white peach purée, and keep everything cold. Pour the purée first and the prosecco on top, so the bubbles mix it for you.
Bellini: your questions answered
What is in a Bellini?
A Bellini is made with 50 ml white peach purée and 100 ml Prosecco. Garnish: none, or a thin peach slice on the rim.
How strong is a Bellini?
Made to this recipe, a Bellini contains about 1.1 UK units of alcohol per drink. That is worked out from typical bottle strengths, so it changes with the bottles you use. UK guidelines advise not regularly drinking more than 14 units a week.
What glass do you serve a Bellini in?
Serve a Bellini in a flute. No flute? A small wine glass or a coupe.
