Best Champagne Fruit Puree Recipes

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Steps:

• Stir the sugar and water in a large saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Cool completely.
• Puree the peaches and orange peel in a blender with 1/2 cup of the sugar syrup until smooth. Strain through a fine-meshed strainer and into a bowl. Cover and refrigerate. In a clean blender puree the strawberries with 1/3 cup of the sugar syrup until smooth. Strain through a clean fine-meshed strainer and into another bowl. Discard the seeds. Puree the blueberries in a clean blender with 1/3 cup of the sugar syrup until smooth. Strain through a clean fine-meshed strainer and into a third bowl. Discard the seeds and solids. Pour each of the purees into clear glass bowls or small pitchers.
• For each serving, pour 2 to 4 tablespoons of the desired fruit puree into a Champagne flute. Slowly pour enough Prosecco into the flute to fill. Gently stir to blend. Garnish with the whole berries, as desired, and serve.
• Do-Ahead Tip: The fruit purees can each be made 1 day ahead. Cover separately and refrigerate.

CHAMPAGNE FRUIT PUREE

Steps:

• To make sugar syrup (which must be made in advance and allowed to cool before adding puree mixture).
• Place sugar and water in a saucepan. Stir to dissolve sugar and then bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Store in a container in the fridge (it will keep at least a month).
• For a peach champagne fruit puree ~
• Puree peaches, lemon juice and sugar syrup until smooth, pass through a fine sieve. Pour a little puree into the bottom of a glass and top with your favourite champagne or sparkling wine.
• Raspberry champagne fruit puree ~.
• Puree raspberries or strawberries, orange juice and sugar syrup until smooth then pass through a fine sieve. Pour sparkling wine into a glass until it is two-thirds full. Add about 30ml of puree to each glass and top with a little more wine before serving.