Sparkling cocktails · Sparkling wine
Ripe strawberries blended to a bright red purée, a squeeze of lemon, then ice-cold prosecco poured slowly on top. The bubbles lift the fruit and the drink turns a soft coral pink.
4
strawberries ripe, hulled
1 tsp
sugar to taste
¼ oz
lemon juice freshly squeezed
3½ oz
prosecco well chillede.g. Mionetto · Martini · La Marca · Zonin · Valdo
Garnish: Strawberry on the rim · Ice: Served up, no ice
Rossini
Fresh, fruity and lightly sweet, with ripe strawberry, a hint of lemon and soft prosecco bubbles. Light in alcohol.
Strawberries and prosecco: the Rossini is one of several Italian fruit and prosecco drinks modelled on the Bellini, the white peach and prosecco drink from Harry's Bar in Venice. Where the Bellini uses peach, the Rossini uses strawberries, and like its relative it takes its name from an Italian artist: Gioachino Rossini, the composer of The Barber of Seville.
Other members of the family follow the same pattern, such as the Tintoretto with pomegranate and the Puccini with mandarin. No single inventor of the Rossini is documented. It has become a popular aperitivo and brunch drink in Italy and beyond, especially in early summer when strawberries are at their best.
A Bellini is made with white peach purée, a Rossini with strawberry purée. Both are topped with prosecco.
Yes, thaw them first. They make a good purée, though a little less fragrant than fresh ripe berries.
It is named after the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini, following the Bellini's tradition of naming drinks after Italian artists.
The perfect sound
Strawberries and bubbles with operatic flair.
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