Want to quench your thirst the Italian way? I can offer you the Bellini cocktail. This is not some quick alcoholic concoction like whiskey and soda. A real work of art, this is how the Bellini longdrink can be described. It is not for nothing that it bears the name of the great painter of the 15th century. Once in the mouth, the cocktail burns with sweet cold: the taste buds go crazy with the delicious puree of pink peaches and sparkling Prosecco. The drink is simply brilliant, because it is brilliantly simple.
Bellini cocktail ingredients:
- White peach puree (peach juice) – 100 ml
- Sparkling wine Prosecco (champagne) – 50 ml
Bellini cocktail preparation process:
The Bellini cocktail is prepared using the stir method. First pour peach juice into a chilled glass. If the peaches taste sour, you can sweeten them with a little sugar. Then add cool sparkling wine. Mix carefully. Serve the drink without ice.
Cocktail glassware: Champagne stemware (flute)
Interesting Facts:
The famous Italian drink first appeared at Harry's Bar, with the light hand of its owner Giuseppe Cipriani. This extraordinary man mixed Bellini sometime between 1934 and 1948.
An inventor and enthusiast, Cipriane was noted throughout his life for many interesting recipes, including the most popular Italian dish, carpaccio. But just for “Bellini” he receives special gratitude from all those people whom the drink saved and continues to save from the scorching rays of the sun from year to year.
And what does the artist have to do with it? Quattrocente Bellini, thanks to his ability to select unique pink shades of white, masterfully depicted angels and saints in his paintings. Cipriani’s drink turned out to be the same divine pink color. By the way, he prepared the peach puree by hand, carefully rubbing it through a sieve.
“Bar Harry,” like the whole of Venice, has been considered a haven for cultural and artistic figures for many years. Hemingway, Orson Welles and Humphrey Bogart often came to his establishment for a drink.
Initially, the author of Bellini intended to sell the cocktail only during seasonal months. After the recognition of the peach long drink at Cipriani's New York bar, and the industrial production of peach puree, the cocktail began to be served all year round.
Today, quite often, instead of sparkling wine, vodka or gin is added to Bellini. Cocktails without alcohol are also quite popular.
If for some reason white peach puree is not available at the bar, you can try replacing it with peach nectar or schnapps.
Prosecco– ideal for the Bellini cocktail. Sometimes this sparkling wine is replaced with other varieties. According to the observations of bartenders, aromatic French champagnes pair less well with peach sweetness, so their use is not recommended.
The “non-alcoholic Bellini” is a combination of peach juice and seltzer water.
The Venetian cocktail is mercilessly destroyed in the film “American Psycho.” They drink it in the “Wedding Trial.”
“Bellini” is included in the list of official cocktails of the International Bartenders Association (IBA).
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The Bellini cocktail is a low-alcohol drink with incredible color and mild taste. Most often it is consumed by women, but men are sometimes not averse to trying this delicious product.
History of the cocktail
The drink was first prepared in 1931. The product comes from Venice. It received this name in honor of the American who was the sponsor of the establishment. Cipriani is the author of the famous cocktail. The idea came by chance after visiting one of the art exhibitions. The chef decided to prepare an unusual drink by adding peach puree to champagne.
Harry's Bar became a place where celebrities gathered to taste aromatic cocktails and other expensive dishes. At first, the product was made exclusively from seasonal harvest. The demand for the drink grew more and more. Cipriani decided to add different seasonal varieties of peaches to the cocktail.
In 1985, the son of the founder, Bellini, opened a bar in New York, where he offered visitors a taste of the exquisite drink. After some time, the product began to be packaged in bottles and put up for sale. The drink gained popularity in a short time because... had incredible taste and bright color. The Bellin empire expanded; in addition to alcoholic products, the family offered elite coffee and pasta for sale.
Composition and proportions for the perfect Bellini
The ingredients and composition of the cocktail were determined by chance. This is a signature drink. Only ripe peaches are needed for preparation. They should be juicy and tasty. Otherwise, the original product will be far from the original. 5 pieces are enough. Peaches should be selected carefully. To avoid mistakes, you need to pay attention to color and aroma.
If the peaches are too hard, the cocktail may turn out sour. Additionally, you will need white champagne. Total 750 ml. Sparkling wine should not be too cheap. Otherwise, the taste of the peaches will be overwhelmed by the alcohol. It’s good if the champagne is soft and velvety.
For preparation you will also need sugar in the amount of 50 g. You do not need any special type. The sugar should be crumbly and white. To enhance the taste and aroma, you will need ice cubes.
Classic recipe
It is important to follow the recipe and avoid using unpeeled peaches in an attempt to make a quick drink. First of all, you need to prepare the fruit. They should be peeled and the pit removed. Then knead thoroughly. You can do this with your hands or use a sieve, which is best.
After receiving the puree, you can proceed to the next step. If the mass is not too sweet, add sugar. Mix everything thoroughly, put the finished puree in the refrigerator for about an hour to cool.
Then you need to place all the ingredients (ice, puree and puree) into a shaker and shake. Then pour the liquid into glasses, but without ice. You can use a cherry or a small piece of peach as decoration.
Interesting recipes for making Bellini
At home, you can simplify the process of preparing Bellini. To do this, you need to purchase high-quality peach juice with pulp from the store in advance. You should not skimp on this product, otherwise you can spoil the taste and aroma of the drink. Additionally, you should buy champagne.
Alcohol, juice and the glass from which you plan to drink must be placed in the freezer. All this must be thoroughly cooled. Then pour 50 ml of juice into the container. Add 100 ml sparkling wine. Mix all ingredients. A slice of orange or peach is most often used as decoration. It is advisable to sprinkle sugar on the edge of the glass.
There is an option without alcohol that can be consumed by everyone. The following ingredients will be required:
- peach juice;
- sparkling water;
- grenadine.
Add 60 ml of juice and 20 ml of pomegranate syrup to 100 ml of soda and mix thoroughly. Consume the drink after pre-cooling.
Another cocktail option will appeal to lovers of rich aromas. To prepare, you will need sparkling wine, sugar syrup, lemon juice, and peach puree. All ingredients need to be cooled by placing them in the refrigerator for a while. Then add 10 ml of sugar syrup and lemon juice to 100 ml of champagne. Then mix in 20 g of peach puree.
All components of the drink can be blended in a blender. You can change the ingredients if you wish. One of the Bellini variants allows the presence of peach, as well as ripe berries, which are pre-crushed to a puree consistency. It is recommended to give preference to raspberries or strawberries.
If you replace peaches with other berries, you may get an unusual taste, which should be enhanced with sugar syrup. It is not recommended to add too much ice to the cocktail.
This drink is considered low-alcohol, as it contains only carbonated wine and peach puree. The Bellini cocktail tastes sweetish and is similar in color to a sunny peach. This drink is very popular everywhere, including at home parties, because it is easy to prepare - all the ingredients are easy to find
History of the cocktail
The Bellini cocktail was invented by the owner of a Venetian bar called Harry's, Giuseppe Cipriani. And he chose the name of his signature drink in honor of the famous Italian artist Giovanni Bellini, who became famous for creating incredibly beautiful shades in his paintings. The owner of the bar, Cipriani, was very fond of painting and decided that the color of the Bellini cocktail was similar to Giovanni’s unusual color schemes.
The very first recipe for the drink was recorded in 1934. It required only white peaches, and the cocktail was made during their harvest season. In 1948, French factories began producing peach puree, which was very similar to white peach puree. So it became one of the ingredients. Now the cocktail could be prepared all year round.
Proportions for the perfect Bellini
For the Bellini cocktail you need to take:
- ripe peaches (soft) - 5 pcs.
- white sparkling wine – 750 ml
- sugar - 50 g
- ice cubes
Classic recipe
- Peaches need to be peeled and pitted. And either knead the remaining pulp with your hands or pass through a sieve to get a soft peach mass - puree.
- If the peaches are not sweet enough, add additional sugar.
- Place the container with the resulting puree in the refrigerator for about 1 hour. It needs to be chilled.
- Place ice cubes, a third of the puree into a shaker and pour in sparkling wine. Mix everything well.
- From the shaker, pour the drink into champagne glasses, but make sure that the ice does not fall out of the container and into the glasses.
- You can decorate the cocktail with a whole piece of peach or cherry.
The classic type of cocktail is served chilled.
Homemade Bellini
If you prepare this drink at home, then some ingredients can be replaced with other more familiar ones.
For one serving of cocktail you will need:
- champagne - 100 ml
- peach juice with pulp - 50 ml
- Place juice, champagne and the drink glass in the freezer. Let them cool thoroughly.
- Pour peach juice into a cold glass.
- Add champagne there too.
- Mix the ingredients in a glass.
- Garnish the cocktail with a slice of peach or orange.
- You can apply a little sugar to the edge of the glass.
Non-alcoholic cocktail option
If you want to try the wonderful taste of Bellini, but don't want to drink alcohol, this option is great. You need to take:
- peach juice with pulp - 60 ml
- any colorless soda - 100 ml
- sweet pomegranate syrup - 20 ml
- All ingredients must be cooled.
- Pour soda and peach juice into a glass.
- Add a little syrup to the cocktail, a few drops will be enough.
- Serve the cocktail with a straw and any berry for decoration.
All of these cooking ideas can be used at home. But, for example, in Italy such a cocktail can be bought immediately ready-made in a bottle, like regular soda.
Video recipe for Bellini cocktail
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Bellini is a low-alcohol cocktail consisting of sparkling wine (Prosecco, Asti, champagne) and peach puree. The drink is memorable for its original, almost fantastic color and soft, sweet taste. Due to the availability of ingredients and ease of preparation, it is very easy to make at home.
Historical reference. The Bellini cocktail was invented by Giuseppe Cipriani, the owner of the famous Venetian bar “Harry’s”, where Orson Welles, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Humphrey Bogart and other representatives of creative bohemia loved to spend time.
The cocktail is named after the famous Italian artist Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516), who knew how to create unique pink shades on white (the angel's clothes in the picture). Cipriani was a great admirer of painting. He considered that the color of his cocktail was close to these shades.
Painting "Angel with a violin" (1505) The first version of the recipe appeared in 1934. The cocktail required fresh white peaches, so it was served only during the fruit's ripening season. In 1948, the French established industrial production of peach puree and Bellini began to be made year-round. The drink became the highlight of Cipriani's new bar in New York, quickly winning the love of Americans.
Classic Bellini recipe
- ripe white peaches – 5 pieces;
- sparkling wine prosecco – 750 ml;
- sugar – 50 grams (optional);
- cubed ice – 100 grams.
Classic Bellini Preparation (several servings):
1. Cut the peaches in half, remove the pits, and peel the slices.
2. Mash the pulp with your hands and pass through a sieve to obtain a homogeneous mass.
3. If the puree turns out unsweetened, add sugar.
4. Cool the puree.
5. Mix three parts sparkling wine and one part peach puree in a shaker with ice. Strain the cocktail into champagne glasses (flute) so that the ice remains in the shaker.
6. Garnish the cocktail with a slice of peach or cherry. Serve cold.
Homemade Bellini recipe
Let's replace rare ingredients with more accessible ones, simplifying the cooking technology. This will have little effect on the taste.
Ingredients of one serving:
- champagne (dry or semi-sweet) – 100 ml;
- peach juice with pulp (or puree) – 50 ml.
Preparation
1. Cool the glass, juice and champagne well.
2. Pour peach juice (puree) into a chilled glass.
3. Add champagne.
4. Gently mix with a teaspoon (foam will appear when stirring).
5. Garnish the cocktail with a peach slice, cherry or strawberry.
Non-alcoholic Bellini
Special recipe for children and teetotalers.
- peach juice – 60 ml;
- soda – 60 ml;
- grenadine (sweet pomegranate syrup) – 2-3 drops.
Preparation:
1. Cool all ingredients.
2. Pour juice and soda into a glass.
3. Add a few drops of grenadine and stir.
4. Serve with a straw.
Non-alcoholic Bellini In Italy, the Bellini cocktail is sold in bottles. In 1988, Venetian winemaker Luciano Canella found a way to seal his sparkling wine, mixed with natural peach juice, without preservatives. As a result, the drink retains its original taste.
Recently, some famous cocktails have gained popularity, captivating many lovers of these low-alcohol drinks. The clearest example of this is the Bellini cocktail.
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Cocktails are created in different ways, and the preparation technology and components of the drinks are the features and highlights that find their admirers. It is very important that the Bellini cocktail uses sparkling wines as ingredients in combination with fruit puree. In a classic Bellini, these would be ripe peaches grown in southern Italy.
Sparkling wine with fruit puree
Some cocktails contain expensive ingredients or involve the use of exotic ingredients, which leads to certain difficulties in their preparation. A significant advantage of the Bellini cocktail is the ease of its preparation at home and the availability of all the necessary ingredients.
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Italy, like Spain, is the birthplace of many famous cocktails that have won fans for their piquant taste, ability to quench thirst, and raising the overall tone. Millions of fans of low-alcohol drinks prefer to drink cocktails during leisure and recreation that differ not only in alcohol content, but also in a variety of other components. The peculiarity of such drinks is the unobtrusive presence of alcohol in low concentration, combined with natural juices or other ingredients. Refreshing cocktails, often requiring pre-chilling, are widely used at parties, family celebrations, and business meetings. They help to bring a festive mood, start a conversation and direct it in the right direction, and also just relax.
Italians are very lively, temperamental people who love to gather in company with or without reason. Many professional bartenders spend a lot of time in order to somehow distinguish their establishment from thousands of others like it, intended for meetings, relaxation, and a pleasant time. Giuseppe Cipriani succeeded 100 percent. Cipriani is the founder of Herre's Bar in Venice. His experiments with mixing drinks were a professional hobby that eventually grew into his life's work.
Drink Giuseppe Cipriani
It is noteworthy that the Bellini cocktail was named not after its creator, but after the famous Italian artist Giovanni Bellini. The drink was first presented under this name at a personal exhibition of his paintings in 1948, although no one knows the exact date of creation of the cocktail itself. Most likely, the drink was modified several times over time, and the first mention of such a cocktail was found in early 1932 in the establishment where Cipriani worked as a senior bartender.
Giuseppe Cipriani was passionate about the idea of creating new drinks and dishes. Another culinary work made his name famous among professionals - carpaccio with slices of raw meat treated with olive oil became famous throughout the world. But everything was invented almost by accident. The bartender's friend, Countess Amalia Nani Mocenigo, due to illness, stopped eating meat prepared in the usual way; her doctor strictly forbade her this food, although, like any Italian, she had a passion for such dishes. Cipriani developed a recipe for cooking meat that did not contradict the established diet, and thereby created a famous dish that all of Italy is now proud of. As a name, he took the surname of another famous Italian artist, Carpaccio. They say that the color of the master’s paintings reminded the cook of pink slices of raw meat.
But it was his famous drink that brought Cipriani the greatest fame. Today, Bellini is on the official list of cocktails used by the International Bartenders Association, and is one of the first places in popularity in its homeland. In many countries, recipes for its preparation have changed somewhat. The use of champagne wines gave the cocktail a new name; the classic name was changed to Bellini Royal. In Russia, strawberries are often used instead of peaches, and sometimes the fruit pulp is replaced with orange juice, resulting in the so-called Mimosa cocktail. There are many similar variations based on the classic Bellini.
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What is ingenious is always simple, we often do not notice the things that we see every day, and at the moment when the truth is revealed, we are amazed at its simplicity. The same applies to preparing the Bellini cocktail.
The peculiarity of the Bellini cocktail is the slightly sugary taste of peach. The fruit is used in the form of a puree, which is diluted with sparkling wine.
Peach flavored cocktail
The heady flavor profile enhances the feeling of euphoria caused by the drink, but you need to be careful about the ingredients of the cocktail. It will require:
- 100 ml. sparkling wine;
- sugar syrup (10 ml);
- freshly squeezed lemon juice (10 ml);
- peach puree (20 g), preferably not thick;
- ice cubes if desired.
Almost every kitchen has all the items with which you can prepare a cocktail, and if this has already been done before, then the procedure will seem quite simple. Required:
- blender;
- strainer;
- trainer;
- mixing utensils (tall glass, cocktail spoon).
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The drink is very easy to prepare; all work can be divided into 2 parts. To begin, take a separate glass for mixing the components and place the desired portion of the peach puree into it. All other liquid ingredients are poured there: sparkling wine (preferably half, so as not to destroy all the air bubbles), fresh lemon juice and sugar syrup. While stirring, add some ice cubes.
Preparation of an alcoholic drink
The final stage will be to pour the cocktail through a strainer or strainer into a special glass designed for these occasions - a highball, and then add the rest of the wine to it. You can decorate with raspberries or cherries; the combination of the tastes of different fruits will add a certain extravagance to the cocktail. Bellini is served chilled, as its sparkling quality disappears when heated and its taste deteriorates.
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Avid fighters against alcohol are a thousand times right when they claim that the habit of drinking it in small doses sometimes plays a cruel joke. And not only this can serve as an obstacle to the consumption of low-alcohol cocktails. What should you do if you want to treat yourself to an exotic drink, but you need to be driving or there is some other compelling reason for restrictions? For these cases, there is a non-alcoholic Bellini option, which tastes just as good as the classic cocktail. You just need to exclude sparkling wine from the ingredients, replacing them with soda and 1 tsp. Grenadine. When preparing a non-alcoholic version of the cocktail, you can change the amount of soda as desired, to your taste.
Non-alcoholic Bellini option
There are many varieties of sparkling wines; in evening clubs, such cocktails are often prepared with the addition of champagne. Sometimes the Bellini recipe contains a component such as peach liqueur. It must be remembered that then the percentage of alcohol will be slightly higher, and in this case sugar syrup will not be required, since the liqueur will successfully replace the required amount of the sweet ingredient. Using liqueur instead of syrup, you can reduce the time of mixing it with lemon juice and wine - all components mix quickly enough.
The classic color of the Bellini cocktail is delicate peach, it is the calling card of the drink, and to complete the picture you should add a decoration in the form of a berry or a piece of fruit.
Sometimes, instead of a peach, they use the ground pulp of berries or fruits - raspberries, strawberries and some others. Sometimes orange is used, which slightly changes the taste and color of the drink, but it is still a classic Bellini. There are often cases when the taste of two fruits is combined in a cocktail, mixing the ground pulp of one fruit with the liqueur of another.
The Bellini cocktail is served only chilled and freshly prepared, since the liquid that has stood in the refrigerator differs not only in taste, but also in sparkling quality, which will be noticeably less than in a fresh drink.
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