New Year’s Eve Cocktail? Make the fruit puree ahead of time for this Black Cherry Bellini cocktail so you can serve up them up in super-quick time!
Only a few more days left before we all stop our crazy over-eating and drinking and turn into health freaks.
That’s the plan anyway. More exercise, less stuffing-my-face and all of those other things that will make me feel like i’m doing a good job of this adulting thing.
Do you have any New Year’s resolutions?
Here are mine:
- Back to regular exercise – 2-3 times a week. I did so well up until about August, and then I pretty much stopped exercising for some reason.
- No more evening snacking during the week
- Get up early and get an hour or two of work done before the kids go to school
- Go to bed earlier!
- Spend more time with the kids (point 3 should help me to finish work earlier, so I can spend more time with the kids in the evening)
Until that time……..
I’m going to enjoy the chocolate and the cocktails!
Need some more cocktail inspo? How about these:
Rum and Peach Cocktail with Chilli syrup
Say when……
The Black Cherry Bellini Recipe:
Black Cherry Bellini
New Year's Eve Cocktail? Make the fruit Puree ahead of time for this Black Cherry Bellini cocktail so you can serve up them up in super-quick time!
Ingredients
- 390 g (13.75 oz) jar of cherries in Kirsch*
- 500 ml (2 cups + 2 tbsp) cherry juice
- 1 bottle prosecco or champagne well chilled
To decorate glasses:
- 1 lemon
- 4 tbsp caster or superfine sugar
- ½ tsp edible gold glitter/luster powder
To serve:
- black cherries fresh or from a jar
Instructions
- Place the juice from the cherries in kirsch(just the liquid), plus the cherry juice into a small saucepan. Bring to the boil, then simmer until reduced by approx one-third (takes around 20 minutes).390 g (13.75 oz) jar of cherries in Kirsch*, 500 ml (2 cups + 2 tbsp) cherry juice
- Leave to cool, then add the cherries back in and blend using a hand blender. At this point, you can cover and refrigerate for 1-2 days until ready to use.
- To decorate the glasses, slice a lemon in half and run the lemon around the rim of the glasses. Mix together the sugar and gold glitter/luster on a small plate, and dip the rim of the glasses in this sugar mixture.1 lemon, 4 tbsp caster or superfine sugar, 1/2 tsp edible gold glitter/luster powder
- When you're ready to serve, fill around 1/3 of each glass with the black cherry puree. Top up with prosecco or champagne. Thread 2-3 cherries through a skewer and place in each glass to decorate before serving.1 bottle prosecco or champagne, black cherries
Notes
*I use Opies black cherries in kirsch. If you can't find them, you can use de-stoned tinned/canned black cherries in juice. Use the cherries, half the juice plus 4 tbsp cherry brandy.
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Nutritional Information is per serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 199kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Sodium: 16mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Haven’t made it yet but I am buying all the ingredients to serve it at my husband’s birthday party. I just have to figure out the amount of ingredients as we have 40 guests. I’d like to serve a glass to each guest as they enter the party.
Pure class in a glass.
I used fresh cherries as they are in season with sugar syrup and kirsch.
Made for a special wedding anniversary party.
Love it.