This frozen peach bellini recipe is blended with frozen peaches and peach liqueur then topped with sweet raspberry liqueur and a little tart red wine.
It’s the perfect summertime adult slush!
Imagine you are sitting on your back deck or around the pool with your favorite people, your having a barbecue and watching your kids play in the yard. The sun is shining and it feels so nice on your skin. The only thing you need now is a delicious slushy cocktail! We have just the ticket!
A frozen peach bellini!
Its our version of the Milestones frozen peach bellini cocktail. For those of you who don’t know, Milestones is a restaurant chain here in Canada and they have made this type of frozen peach bellini famous in these parts.
Our’s definitely tastes similar, but can I just say that I think ours is better? As in, just a little less sweet.
What is a Bellini Anyways?
The original bellini recipe was created in Venice, Italy in the 1930’s and consisted of white peach puree and prosecco sparkling wine. That is still considered THE peach bellini recipe, however over the years, a few versions have evolved…
Bellini vs Mimosa
The only real difference between a traditional bellini and a mimosa is that the traditional bellini recipe calls for peach puree mixed with prosecco and a traditional mimosa recipe usually calls for a citrus juice/puree mixed with sparkling wine. A mimosa with orange juice is the most common.
That said, there are now many versions of each, but one thing remains… when you order or make a bellini, it’s always got peaches in it.
Ingredients You Need
- peaches – frozen or fresh if you have them
- sweet peach liqueur or peach vodka (peach schnapps)
- ice
- a splash of our homemade raspberry liqueur
- a little red wine on top – traditionally its champagne, but it really tastes great with red wine
Its a gorgeous looking cocktail that tastes as good as it looks. A little sweet and a little tart. Its the perfect balance.
FYI, over ripe peaches work great for this recipe!
Variations of this Recipe
- add champagne instead of red wine – this is more traditional and would be sooooo good!
- raspberry vodka – in case you haven’t made any of our raspberry liqueur or you don’t have time to make the quick version (see the recipe below)
- add some frozen raspberries to the blended mixture or some other kind of fruit that you think goes great with peaches
How to Make a Frozen Peach Bellini
- Add the peaches, ice, and peach liqueur into a high powered blender
- Blend well into a slush
- Pour the peach slush into a martini glass or wine glass
- Top the peach slush with the raspberry liqueur and finish with a little red wine or champagne!
Its pretty easy and we love any drink that we can make a lot of at once. If you aren’t using all the frozen mixture at once, store the extra frozen slush in the freezer.
What Alcohol Goes into a Bellini?
Our bellini has peach liqueur (peach schnapps), raspberry liqueur, and red wine or sparkling wine.
Traditional bellini’s have sparking wine only.
How to Serve this Cocktail
We like to serve ours in a martini glass because its bigger! Bellini’s are traditionally served in a champagne flute, but they are a little small for a frozen drink and one that has wine poured on top.
You could serve these in a wine glass too, but we don’t recommend the champagne flutes. Here are a couple of our fav glasses that you might like too:
Raspberry Liquor Topper
We have a recipe for homemade raspberry liqueur up on the blog. It’s seriously good and you should make some, right now. It’s especially amazing in this cocktail.
But if you haven’t made any yet and you don’t want to wait weeks for the raspberry liqueur to be ready, just throw some frozen raspberries and sugar into pot, heat it up till the sugar dissolves, stir it well and then let it cool. Then add some vodka. I think that will work well although I haven’t tried it yet.
I would say 2 cups of raspberries and 1 cup of sugar, and 1 and 1/2 cups of vodka. You could also use a store bought raspberry liqueur, but the flavor would be different for sure.
Tools You Need
- Blendtec Blender – I have one of these babies and I absolutely love it. It blends quick and awesome!
- Vitamix – Debbie has this one and she loves it.
I don’t think it really matters which one you have. Both of these blenders kick ass. Well worth the money.
Other Summertime Cocktails You Might Like
If you’ve tried this frozen peach bellini cocktail then don’t forget to rate the recipe and let us know how it turned out in the comments below. We LOVE hearing from you!
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Frozen Peach Bellini Recipe with Homemade Raspberry Liqueur
Ingredients
- 1 cup frozen peaches
- 1 cup crushed ice
- 4 oz peach liqueur
- 1 oz raspberry liqueur for each glass
- 1 – 2 oz red wine or sparkling wine for each glass
Instructions
- Add the peaches, ice, and peach liqueur into a blender and blend well into a slush.
- Pour the peach slush into a martini glass or wine glass. Top the peach slush with the raspberry liqueur and finish with a little red wine.
Alaina @ A Not So Quiet Kitchen says
Wow!! These are so beautiful!! I love a good frozen drink, especially on a summer night! This definitely looks like a great mimosa substitute for brunch!
Julie & Debbie says
Thanks so much Alaina! Totally great for a hot summer night. Cheers!
Tonge says
I made this drink on Christmas Eve (Florida) and it was delicious….
Julie & Debbie says
So glad you liked it!
Robin says
I’ve never had a Bellini without champagne before, but I really enjoyed these! I used Chambord for the raspberry liqueur and I only had enough left from a bottle of cab sav for one drink. But I enjoyed the other without the wine even more!
Goelle says
Omgosh! I remember the Milestone bellinis ! Thank you for sharing, I live in Australia now and haven’t had a proper Bellini for years. Can’t wait to make this !
Julie & Debbie says
Awww I hope you love it.
Kristin Healy says
Your raspberry liqueur recipe is a bit confusing. It says 4 cups make 2, but the grams might be wrong. I fit one bag of frozen raspberries (12 oz/ 340g), 1/2 c sugar and 16 oz vodka in a large ball jar (to make one) *I hope using less sugar works, too
Julie & Debbie says
Hi Kristin, sorry if it was confusing although Im not sure exactly what you mean by 4 cups make 2. The measurements that you used should work just fine although your raspberry liqueur won’t be as sweet as ours. No big deal though at all. It will still be delicious. If you have more questions, feel free to send us an email too 🙂
Daniel Jude says
These are excellent. I get together with my buddy Jim on Sunday’s and we’ve been trying our hands at making mixed drinks. We made the homemade liqueur and waited lose to three months (requires patience) and it was well worth it. I opened the mason jar halfway through and strained out the berries and added fresh ones in to the liquid. I don’t know if that made it stronger. When we served it the second time we dunk strain it all the way because we didn’t mind the pulp and seeds.
Julie & Debbie says
Hi Daniel, so happy to hear this. I love your Sunday tradition! Nice idea to add double the raspberries. I might try that next time to see if it makes a difference. Although I feel like the liqueur is very raspberry anyways 🙂
Patty Brady says
Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe! I am making peach melba for dessert, so this coctail will pair nicely. To be honest, it would go with any darn thing! Your belini recipe is the bomb!
Julie & Debbie says
Awesome! So glad you liked it!
Tammy says
Could a person make the whole Bellini mixture and make a ice cream pail and freeze so when you take it out you just add the Champagne. Just not sure of measurements of the other ingredients. Would you know . Thank you
Julie & Debbie says
I have never tried this, but I think it could work. Please let us know if you try this and how it turns out!