This Spiced Pear Bellini is so light, refreshing, and festive! This is a super easy cocktail to make and is so versatile. You could have this for Brunch, with Appetizers, or even Dessert!

Ok so I’m a little late to the party, I had never heard of a Bellini until just recently when I was out to brunch.

If you’re unfamiliar like me, a Bellini is a cocktail that was invented in Venice, Italy sometime between 1934-1948. The founder, Giuseppe Cipriani and owner of Harry’s Bar named the drink Bellini because of its unique pink color of the toga of a saint in a painting by 15th-century Venetian artist Giovanni Bellini.  Thanks Wikipedia!

There you go, that’s my nerdiness input for today. 🙂 I just always find it fascinating to learn how food and drinks originated.

A traditional Bellini is made with Procecco and pureed White Peaches. But since I’m not a huge fan of Peaches, I decided to create my own Bellini concoction today!

I used canned Pears for this recipe because they are softer to puree, and put them in the blender for a few seconds until they were the right consistency.

Next I took a Lime Wedge and rimmed my flute glasses. Then dipped the rims in Sugar and Cinnamon.

I spooned a little bit of the Pear puree into each glass, then added a couple of teaspoons of the Pear juice from the can.

Next step… pour the Prosecco!!!

Now you want to pour the Prosecco slowly and stop 3/4 of the way before it gets to the top, otherwise you’ll have a fizzy overflow.

And we wouldn’t want to waste any alcohol right?!

Go ahead and sip responsibly away my friends!

Let me tell you, each sip mixed with a little bit of the Sugar and Cinnamon… Whoa! It was a total tastebud awakening!

Definitely feeling festive with this drink. In fact I think I’m going to serve it for brunch on New Year’s Day along with a Smoked Salmon Brunch Board!

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Cheers!

Spiced Pear Bellini

This Spiced Pear Bellini is so light, refreshing, and festive! This is a super easy cocktail to make and is so versatile. You could have this for Brunch, with Appetizers, or even Dessert!

• Author: Sara
• Prep Time: 5
• Total Time: 5
• Yield: 4 1x
• Category: Cocktails
• Cuisine: Italian

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Ingredients

• 1 15oz can Diced Pears
• Ground Cinnamon
• White Sugar
• 1 bottle Prosecco

Instructions

1. Wet the rim of the flute glasses, I used a lime wedge for this but water works just as well
2. Pour Sugar and Cinnamon on a flat plate
3. Dip rim of flute glasses into Sugar and Cinnamon mixture and coat the rims well
4. Add Diced Pears to blender, reserve the juice and set aside
5. Blend until Pears are pureed
6. Spoon pureed Pears into the bottom of each flute glass
7. Add 2 tsp of the reserved Pear juice to each glass
8. Slowly pour in the Prosecco
9. Serve immediately and enjoy!

Keywords: Spiced Pear Bellini, prosecco, cocktails, drinks, cocktail, bellini, gluten free,