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Raspberry 'Bellini' Our 25th anniversary drink


Our momentous year continued with the celebration of our 25th wedding anniversary. Fifty of our nearest and dearest for dinner in a marquee chez Cook.
The whole evening was a great success with the catering done by the estimable Jan Gosht
We had a kind of Italian feast. Everything was delicious but one of the hits of the evening was the drink we offered on arrival which was prosecco mixed with fresh raspberries.
The recipe is from River Cafe. They suggest 500gms of raspberries (fresh NOT frozen) mixed with 150gms caster sugar then pulsed in a blender and pushed through a sieve so that you have a completely seedless juice or coulis. They then mix this with a bottle of prosecco in a jug and give it a good stir .. To my mind this, whilst delicious, is a little too sweet for my taste, particularly if the raspberries are in season and of decent quality and sweetness already. So maybe you could reduce the sugar content a little or do as we did and dilute this quantity of juice in about one and a half bottles ... or even do both. Whatever way you choose to serve this, I guarantee that as a summer drink it's pretty much a guaranteed success.
Our evening turned out wonderfully ... even the weather was good. Let's face it there's nothing better than good friends, good food and a few glasses of vino.
Here's to the 50th.
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