Summer’s Sweetest Sipper
There’s still time for this one! Do you have the summer-is-coming-to-an-end-blues? You can fix that fast, with a consummate summer cocktail. This summery standard, a pretty little Peach Bellini cocktail goes from morning to day to evening as easy as (peach) pie! It’s also perfectly swell for 🌞Sun-day drinking! It’s fruity and light, but it packs a real 🥊 punch when a little vodka joins the party.
We never got a real peach bounty this year. Maybe a combo of weather, tree trimming and the fact that last year our peach yield was off the charts. This year we trimmed our tree 🌳 back pretty hard and that along with our very odd weather seems to have taken a toll on my darling peach tree. I finally got a few, just this week, so late August is my new July. They be late, but they be sweet!
Everything’s Peachy!🍑🍑
If you find yourself with an abundance of fresh peaches that you can’t get to before they become overripe, I suggest freezing the puree. The easiest way is to put a pot of water to boil. Make a cross score in the bottom of each peach. Drop a few at a time into the boiling water for about 20-30 seconds. Remove and then plunge into cold water to stop them from cooking.
Once they are cool enough to handle, the fuzzy skin will come right off with hardly anything but a little swipe of your finger. Then just remove the pits and process with a little lemon juice until you get a smooth puree. Put into a freezer proof bag, remove the air and lay flat to freeze. You could also put the puree into ice-cube molds to freeze, then remove and put into a freezer bag. Then, you can just take what you need during the rest of the peach-less seasons ahead!
In a mixing glass filled with ice, add puree and vodka. Mix well, then strain into champagne flute🥂top with sparkling wine or champagne 🍾 and, Bob’s your uncle! 🍑🍑🍑 Cheers!
Ingredients
- 1 oz peach puree
- 1 oz vodka
- sparkling wine or champagne
Instructions
- In a mixing glass filled with ice, add peach puree and vodka. Stir to combine and chill. Strain into champagne flute and top with sparkling wine or champagne.
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