Name: Peach, nectarine and sparkling marsanne
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 6 ripe peaches, stones removed, cut into wedges; 4 white nectarines, stones removed, cut into wedges; 70 gm (1/3 cup) caster sugar; 120 ml peach schnapps; 100 ml brandy; To serve: baby mint leaves and sparkling marsanne

Peach, nectarine and sparkling marsanne

Australian Gourmet Traveller cocktail recipe for peach, nectarine and sparkling marsanne.

Serves 10

Prep

10M

This refreshing drink is somewhere between a Champagne cocktail and a punch. You can leave the peaches and nectarines to macerate in the liquor overnight, if you like. The fruit may end up looking slightly less appealing, but the flavours will mingle even better.

Ingredients

6 ripe peaches, stones removed, cut into wedges

4 white nectarines, stones removed, cut into wedges

70 gm (1/3 cup) caster sugar

120 ml peach schnapps

100 ml brandy

To serve: baby mint leaves and sparkling marsanne

Method

Main

1.Combine peaches and nectarines in a bowl with sugar, cover with schnapps and brandy and refrigerate to macerate (15-20 minutes). Divide fruit mixture among serving glasses, scatter with mint leaves, fill to taste with sparkling marsanne, stir and serve.

Styling by Lisa Featherby

Styling by Glen Proebstel