Tis the season to be jolly so take your festive family recipes up a notch by bringing luscious plums, peaches and nectarines to your yuletide table.
Let stone fruit add that extra zing to your festive recipes this year by getting the celebrations off to a peachy start with a vegan-friendly prosecco cocktail.
Peach Prosecco Cocktail
By Justine Drake
Serves 4
Ingredients:
2 peach-flavoured tea bags
1 cup (250 ml) boiling water
¾ cup (183 ml) white sugar
4-8 basil leaves
1-2 peaches, thinly sliced
1 bottle (750 ml) vegan-friendly Prosecco or sparkling wine
Method:
Pop the tea bags into water and infuse to make a strong tea.
Place the tea and sugar in a pot and boil to reduce by half and create a simple peach syrup. Allow to cool.
Place 1 Tbsp (15 ml) of the peach syrup at the bottom of each champagne flute.
Add 2 peach slices and 1 basil leaf and top with ice cold Prosecco.
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