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Rome
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Rome Cooking Class: Make Pasta & Mix 3 Spritz Cocktails
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History
The Bellini was invented at Harry's Bar by Giuseppe Cipriani in 1948 for the painter Giovanni Bellini retrospective at the Doge's Palace. Cipriani noticed the soft pink colour of the Bellini paintings' robes and developed the cocktail to match: white peach puree (canonically only white, not yellow) with Prosecco, in a 1 to 3 ratio. The drink is still served the same way at Harry's Bar today, with the white peach puree prepared in-house from peaches harvested at the Cipriani family's Veneto orchards. Globally copied with frozen pulp or even pureed yellow peach, the canonical version is only available at the original.
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Common allergens: Sulphites
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 4 ripe white peaches (yellow peaches if not available)
- 1 bottle Prosecco di Valdobbiadene, very cold
- 1 teaspoon caster sugar (optional, only if peaches are not ripe)
Method
- Peel the peaches by blanching them in boiling water 30 seconds then dropping into ice water; the skins slip off.
- Stone the peaches and puree the flesh in a blender or food mill. If the peaches lack sweetness, add the sugar.
- Strain the puree through a fine sieve to remove the fibres; you want a smooth pourable juice.
- Refrigerate the puree until very cold.
- Pour 30ml of cold peach puree into a chilled champagne flute. Top up with cold Prosecco to about 120ml. Do not stir.
- Serve immediately; the colour separates within a minute.
Tip from the editors. Only white peach gives the canonical pink-pearl colour; yellow peach makes a perfectly nice drink but it is not a Bellini.
Where to eat bellini
Bellini in Venice
Harry's Bar ★ 4.1
Harry's Bar on Calle Vallaresso serves the canonical Cipriani-style brunch with Bellini, carpaccio and risotto, the historic-bar lunch since 1931 near San.
OrderBellini, beef carpaccio, risotto alla primavera
TipThe downstairs bar takes walk-ins and works for a Bellini at €22. The upstairs dining room needs a booking through OpenTable.
Bar Longhi ★ 4.4
Bar Longhi inside The Gritti Palace on Campo Santa Maria del Giglio is the Murano-lamp bar with the Pietro Longhi 18th-century paintings, the canonical Grand.
DrinkBellini Longhi, Negroni at the Gritti
FoodBar snacks, the Gritti's afternoon tea
TipThe patio with the Grand Canal view runs spring through autumn. Cocktails start around €22; the Longhi Bellini variant is the move.
Caffe Florian ★ 4.0
Caffe Florian on Piazza San Marco serves the canonical Venetian breakfast in its 1720 rooms, with hot chocolate and brioche under the Procuratie Nuove arches.
OrderHot chocolate, brioche, espresso under the loggia
TipStanding at the counter cuts the price by two-thirds. Sit-down brunch with orchestra runs roughly €50 per person.
Locanda Cipriani ★ 4.4
Locanda Cipriani on Torcello is the 1934-founded Cipriani-family lagoon outpost that Hemingway used for lunch, the canonical garden-restaurant on the silent.
OrderRisotto alla torcellana, carpaccio Cipriani, the daily fish baked in the garden's wood oven.
TipClosed Tuesdays and the whole of January. Ferry 12 from Fondamente Nove, 45 minutes. Book outdoor garden tables when you reserve.
Grancaffe Quadri ★ 4.2
Grancaffe Quadri in Piazza San Marco has run as a coffee house since 1775 under the Procuratie Vecchie, the historic cafe across the square from Florian.
DrinkEspresso under the Procuratie Vecchie
TipThe ground-floor cafe is the public room; upstairs is the 1-star restaurant. The bar pours espresso for €2 standing, €9 sitting.
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