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Raspberry and Peach Fuzzy Melba

Raspberry and Peach Fuzzy Melbas
A classic dessert turned cocktail, this Raspberry and Fuzzy Peach Melba will rock your summertime bar. It’s amazing what rum and fresh summer fruit can do!

I’ve been visiting the grocery store lately to hoard a certain seasonal fruit.

For me, the epitome of summer is signaled by the quantity and quality of peaches at the regular and farmer’s markets. I’m not picky, I love the yellow ones and the white ones. It’s hard to choose. I especially love making this Peach Coulis…it’s to die for. 

So, now that I’ve accumulated an abundance of peaches, it’s necessary to come up with ways to use them like Peach Lemonade, Peach Crisp or fresh Peach Ice Cream. 

Peach melba 2
One of my favorite desserts is the classic, Peach Melba, but I was feeling lazy.  So, to make it easy on myself I made a cocktail. Good idea right?

It’s a bit of a twist on the old Fuzzy Navel drink’s from college made with Peach Schnapps’s and orange juice. This is of course much more civilized and has lots of fruit, so let’s just call it a health drink for now!


Here’s what you’ll need: Raspberries, spiced rum (who doesn’t have a bit of the Captain in the cupboard to use up?), fresh lime juice, peaches (fresh or frozen), water, granulated sugar and ice.


First thing you’ll want to do is make a simple syrup.  Add 1/2 cup boiling water to a 1/2 cup sugar.  Stir until dissolved and let cool.


Puree 1-1/2 cups raspberries (6 ounces) with 2 Tablespoons of simple syrup.  Pour the puree into a separate container and rinse the blender.


Blend 1-1/2 cups spiced rum, 1 cup fresh lime juice, 3 cups of fresh peaches, the remaining simple syrup and 2 cups of ice.  Make sure to add the ice last as to not lock up the blender blades.  Blend until smooth.  Add more ice if you want it, icy-er.  (Is that a word?)


Dip the rims of your martini glasses into fresh lime juice and dip each glass in coarse sugar.  Pour a little of the raspberry puree into each glass, then top with the peach mixture.


Funny how a little party-favor in your drink makes you feel giddy!


Do you see the sparkly-sugar on the rim?  Don’t leave that part out.


And here’s another virtual cocktail napkin for you.  I know you’ve been waiting for a new one. 

Print Recipe

Raspberry and Peach Fuzzy Melba

Recipe from: Created by Cathy Pollak for NoblePig.com | Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cups (6 oz), more for garnish fresh raspberries
  • 1-1/2 cups spiced rum (such as Captain Morgan's)
  • 1 cup fresh lime juice
  • 3 cups fresh peaches (or 1 bag frozen 16 oz)
  • 2 cups ice cubes
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup water, boiling

Directions

  • Dip the rims of 6-8 martini glasses (depending on the size) in fresh lime juice and coarse sugar.
  • Add boiling water and sugar to a pouring vessel, stirring until sugar dissolves.
  • Puree raspberries and 2 Tablespoons of the simple syrup in a blender. Pour into a small bowl and rinse the blender.
  • Blend rum, fresh lime juice, the remaining simple syrup, peaches and ice until smooth.
  • To serve, pour a small amount of the raspberry puree into each martini glass and top off with the peach mixture. Drop in raspberries for garnish.

Other Peach Cocktails You Might Enjoy:
Frozen Peach Margaritas
Peach Basil Moscow Mule
Peach Bourbon Thyme Smash
Peach Wine Slushies

Comments

  3. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for not posting this a week ago because I would have cried and cried and cried because my still pregnant self would not have been able to make this drink in the late afternoon. But TODAY I CAN and I am soooooo excited!

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  10. This looks fabulous! I love a good peach bellini, I wonder how your Fuzzy Melba would be with sparkling wine instead of rum….

    And yes, it gets hot in Upstate New York, but it’s not the heat that will kill you, it’s the humidity!

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  11. A pitcher of those please, thank you kindly! What – oh yes, it’s for one person! OK OK, add a super big crazy straw!

    —fab pics, love even the photo glammer shot you added on the last pic!

    and yes, its been hot in NY, whether north or south or in the middle…and your drink here is especially looking extra good, I happen to have by chance fresh peaches from the farmers market… all I need is the booze—off to the store I will go later…

    This one I am making tonight! I deserve it I feel, I have been adding comments on your blog every day, avoid my own emails and comments on my own blogs, I’m overworked reading my horoscopes and chinese astrology readings – I tell you I am overworked! 😛

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  19. Gulp! Mouthwateringly delicious. Bad piggy, bad – it’s turning towards 5pm here; down tools and get experimenting with these tastes. Thanks – you perked up my day.

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  20. Wow. Just wow. You’ve got the best drinks. Party at Noble Pig’s!

    I froze the raspberries that I picked. It doesn’t look like you sifted (is that the correct word?) raspberry puree, so I could just use the frozen stuff.

    I’m with you on peach season. It’s just starting – so I have to get my peach fill in before it goes back to mushy or grainy, flavourless peaches.

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  21. After enjoying a serious glut of frozen cocktails while beaching it over the past few weeks…and now THIS…I am so buying a new heavy duty blender in the next few days. The temptation is just too great!

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  28. Those are gorgeous! I’ve got to add them to my drink repertoire. I like keeping small quantities of drink ingredients in the freezer so I can have something exotic at a moment’s notice. This recipe looks like it would adapt to my approach quite nicely. Loved the tomato pie this weekend, BTW!

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  33. Oh WoW! I like this so much that I’m on my way to get spiced rum and rasberries & peaches so that I can have one waiting for Mr. Snooty when he comes home from the office.

    Thanks!

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  36. cathy. this is an amazing drink. amazing. really, great entry–i’ve never wanted to get liquored up so badly before.
    thanks for participating in my little event, and i appreciate your flattering words–i’m blushing like a new bride over here. 🙂

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  47. Is it just me or is your photography getting better almost daily? I mean, it was always good. But this is better. And the drink looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing, Cathy!

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  57. Oh, I am definitely going shopping today. I have been studying for finals so I am playing a bit of catch-up and these yummy looking, healthy for me drinks caught my eye. I am salivating on my computer at 8:45 in the morning. This will be my celebrating drink when finals are done tomorrow. Thanks!!

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  67. You are WICKED…well, these drinks are Wicked…you are HELLA cool.
    Must try…at first I got chills thinking about my college days and Peach schnapps, but I think by the time I got to the simple syrup in your recipe I had forgotten ALL about those wretched days in the dorms…:)

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