Fresh Strawberry Bellini
Phoebe Lapine shows you a perfect bellini recipe, a Fresh Strawberry Bellini with some fresh grilled strawberries and a hint of mint.

Phoebe Lapine shows you how to make one of her favorite brunch cocktails, the Bellini. She does a nice summer spin on it with some grilled strawberries. This fresh strawberry Bellini recipe will be a winner at your next summer evening party. First you're going to take your strawberries and skewer them up. Before you do this make sure you soak the skewers for about 20 minutes! This is really important because they will probably light up on fire if they go straight to the grill otherwise. Feel free to keep or take off the leaves on the strawberries, to your preference. Have two strawberries for each skewer so they fit in the glass later when you serve.
Grease your grill lightly with olive oil and when it gets hot you can place your skewers with the strawberries right on top. You want to make sure you keep on there for long enough to form some char so this will be around a minute or so on each side. You'll then end up with the smokiness of the grill but also the freshness of the fruit that'll make it super juicy.
Once the strawberries are all charred up and ready to for your cocktail, you can go ahead and add some cut up mint leaves into the glass before serving so you get the a nice summery fresh drink in the end. Place one skewer in each glass and finally pour in the Prosecco, which will mix really well with the juicy strawberry and the minty leaves. This delicious and refreshing bellini recipe will make a great drink for a summer night.
Ingredients
- Four 6-inch bamboo skewers, soaked for 20 minutes in water
- 8 strawberries
- 8 mint leaves, torn
- 1 bottle Prosecco or champagne
Instructions
Fire up an indoor grill pan or charcoal grill and oil the grates. String 2 strawberries on each skewer. Grill the fruit until partially charred, but not falling apart, about 1-2 minutes on each side. Remove the berries and divide between 4 champagne flutes. Top with the torn mint and the Prosecco or champagne. Makes 4 cocktailsNutrition Information
Nutrition Information Based on a Single Serving
*Percent Daily Value are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Phoebe Lapine is a food and health writer, gluten-free chef, wellness personality, culinary instructor, blogger, recipe developer and speaker, born and raised in New York City, where she continues to live and eat.
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Hi, I'm Phoebe Lapine, and
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you're watching HealthiNation's
guide to summer.
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So today, I'm gonna show you how to make
one of my favorite brunch cocktails,
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the Bellini.
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But we're gonna do a nice summer spin
on it with some grilled strawberries.
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First, I'm going to take my
strawberries and skewer them up.
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I soak these skewers for twenty minutes,
and that's really important because if
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you don't do that, they will most
likely light on fire on your grill.
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And that's not the kind
of kindling you want.
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I like to leave the tops
on the strawberries.
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I think it looks really rustic and
beautiful, but if you don't like that,
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you can take it off.
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And then just string
them through the top and
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out the other end to make
a really nice little skewer.
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So I'm just gonna take these over to the
grill and get them nice and charred and
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juicy for my cocktail.
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I'm gonna get my strawberry
skewers onto the hot grill which I
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greased lightly with olive oil.
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We're just gonna grill them for
about a minute or so on each side.
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You wanna make sure to leave it on for
long enough for
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them to actually form some sort of char.
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We're gonna get the smokiness
of the grill but
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also the benefit of cooked fruit
which makes it super juicy.
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All those juices are gonna leak
out into the Prosecco, and
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it's gonna look like rose but
kind of taste like strawberries.
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Let's get them out of here.
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Cool, beautiful color on those,
love it, beautiful.
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All right, so these are nice and
cooked and charred by the grill,
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so they're gonna be super juicy
when I put them into my cocktail.
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I love adding fresh
herbs to summer recipes.
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So we're just gonna take a couple mint
leaves, and you can just tear them,
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which bruises them a little bit and
releases all those great flavorful oils.
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Just put a little bit in
the bottom of each glass,
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which will also look really pretty.
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And then just put one skewer in each.
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And you can see they are already
starting to release their juices,
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which will mix with the Prosecco and
become kind of like a rose color.
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All right, and now for the Prosecco.
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So if you're super fancy,
you can use champagne.
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But the nice thing that about the way that
the Italians do a classic Bellini is that
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they use Prosecco, which is affordable
compared to very fancy champagne and
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also tastes great.
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So hopefully, I won't smash
myself in the face with the cork,
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and then just give it a gentle twist.
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[SOUND] Beautiful, always feels so fun.
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And then just top off your cocktail.
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Always tilt the glass if you don't
want too much foam, beautiful.
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These are our grilled strawberry and
mint Bellinis.
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You can kinda muddle
the strawberries along.
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People can pop off the skewer, or
just tilt to the side and sip.
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Mm, really refreshing and summery.
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I'm Phoebe Lapine.
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You've been watching HealthiNation's guide
to summer, and I will see you next time.
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