Tasty Tuesdays

Peach Prosecco Spritzers

Makes 8 drinks
Total time: 10 min

Effervescent and floral, this drink is ideal for afternoon sipping. Purée the fruit with the skin on to capture the color of September.

What You’ll Need

• 2 ripe peaches (about 1 1/2 pounds total), pitted and coarsely chopped
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar, or to taste
• 1 (750-ml) chilled bottle Prosecco or other sparkling wine
• About 1 1/2 cups seltzer or club soda, chilled
• Garnish: mint sprigs

Prepreration

• Purée peaches with lemon juice and 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar in a blender until smooth. Blend in more sugar if desired. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a pitcher, pressing on and then discarding solids. Stir in Prosecco.
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  Pour into 8 (10-ounces) glasses filled halfway with ice. Top off with seltzer.

Cooks’ note: Peach purée can be made 1 day ahead and chilled (it will be slightly less vibrant).

I’ll drink to that,

~SimplyPut

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