Greetings friends! Today is a quick post on a variation to the Rosemary Bellini I posted a few weeks ago.  The Basil Bellini came about as I had a few peaches leftover from making the Rosemary Bellini.  Rather than letting them go to waste, I thought I would make some of  Kylee Newton’s Peach and Basil Lemonade with them. Kylee’s recipe is delicious peachy basil-y lemonade that is so refreshing on hot days!  However, in her recipe (below) you need to strain out and discard the solids after blitzing.   But, those same solids are actually a delicious puree of peach and basil!  In my opinion, it was far too tasty to go to waste…y. (Sorry)

And so I made it into a hasty Basil Bellini! 

I added a spoonful of that peach and basil mix into a glass of sparkling and voila…a Basil Bellini!  

A side advantage of the basil bellini is that you can have the kudos of making your kids homemade peach and basil lemonade and also have quiet mummy (or daddy) juice on the side!  You could also add some of the strained mixture into your sparkling wine but then you would miss that little frisson of smug of also being zero waste!

Peach and Basil Lemonade Recipe

This comes from Kylee Newton’s book The Modern Preserver which I cannot recommend highly enough!

I hope your week is just peachy!