Raspberry and Blackcurrant Bellini

Last night Sophie and I decided to have a girly night in, we couldn't be bothered going out for food and drinks so we just decided to make our own cocktails and order a takeaway. We ended up making up our own super easy recipe for these delicious raspberry and blackcurrant bellinis so I thought I would share it with you...

Ingredients

Cava, Prosecco or Champagne

Creme de Cassis (a blackcurrant liquor)

Handful of raspberries (3-4 raspberries per drink +1 to decorate)

Granulated Sugar

1. Mash up the raspberries in a blender or with a fork, we are poor students so we went for the fork and bowl option, add a teaspoon of sugar and keep mashing until a thick paste. If you want you can strain and the seeds, however we decided to keep them in. 

2. Using your finger, wet the rim of the champagne flute or cocktail glass, turn upside down and press into a plate of sugar - this will give the nice sugar effect around the glass.

3. Put the raspberry mix in the bottom of the glass and add a tablespoon of Creme de Cassis, mix well then slowly add the cava, mixing as you go.

4. Finally, cut a raspberry in half and use to decorate the edge of the glass.

This is such a simple easy recipe, they also work out to be really cheap. We worked out that our drinks cost £1.50 per glass!

We enjoyed our cocktails next to a big Indian take away with Sex and the City which we are both completely obsessed with at the minute; the perfect way to spend a Saturday night! What have you been up to this weekend?