Happy Hour: Blood Orange Bellini

partysugar — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:43:41 -0800

Fashion Week started on Friday and I thought for today's happy hour cocktail I would do my favorite fashionable drink recipe, the Bellini. I first became obsessed with drinking Bellinis while reading Bergdorf Blondes. Typically a Bellini is made with fresh white peach puree but since it's winter I say we substitute the peach puree with blood orange juice. If you have never had a Bellini you MUST try one right now. Oh my gosh, this is the first time ever that I want to get up and leave my desk, run down to Whole Foods for some blood oranges, and stir up a Bellini for everyone in the office. To do the same, read more

Blood Orange Bellini
From Mario Batali

Champagne flutes
1 (750 ml) bottle prosecco
1 quart blood orange juice, or 15 blood oranges, juiced

Place the flutes in the freezer.
Chill the prosecco on ice for 30 minutes.
Open the prosecco and let it stand at room temperature for 5 minutes.
Pour 2 ounces of blood orange juice into each glass. Fill to within 1/2-inch of the top of the glass with prosecco and serve.

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Come Party With Me: Fast Thanksgiving - Drinks

partysugar — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:30:11 -0800

As much as I love cocktails made from fresh, seasonal ingredients, sometimes there simply isn't time - especially when you need Thanksgiving dinner ready in a hurry - to juice 20 blood oranges. The grocery store liquor aisle is crowded with generic and overly-sweet cocktail mixers, but there's one brand I trust for excellent mixers: Stirrings. With their blood orange flavor you can make a quick batch of blood orange bellinis.

Serve wine at mealtime. Call your local wine shop and ask them to set aside a couple of Thanksgiving-friendly bottles for you. Use their expertise to save time. You won't have to research wine pairings or stand in the wine aisle wondering what to buy. Don't forget sparkling apple cider, water, and soda for the kids. To look at the easy blood orange bellini recipe, read more.

Blood Orange Bellini
From Stirrings

Ingredients

1 oz. Stirrings Blood Orange Mixer
4 oz. dry sparkling wine or champagne

Directions

Chill a champagne flute.
Pour the blood orange mixer into the prepared glass.
Slowly top with sparkling wine. Garnish with blood orange wheel, if desired.

Makes 1 drink.

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