Tintoretto
Pomegranate and prosecco, Venetian red.
A Bellini variant made with pomegranate juice and prosecco, deep ruby in colour. Fruity, slightly tart and lively, it is an elegant, low-alcohol aperitif.
- Aperitif
- Stirred
- Glass
- Flute
- Method
- Stirred
- Strength
- Very light
- Time
- 3 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Ice
- No ice
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Pomegranate juice
50 ml
-
Prosecco
100 ml
Garnish
- Pomegranate seeds (optional)
Proportions
How to make
- Chill a flute.
- Put ice in the mixing glass.
- Pour the pomegranate juice.
- Add the prosecco.
- Stir gently.
- Pour into the chilled flute.
- If you like, add a few pomegranate seeds.
The story
Origins
ProbableA plausible account, without definitive proof.
The Tintoretto belongs to the family of Venetian drinks that followed in the wake of the Bellini, the prosecco and white peach aperitif of Harry's Bar in Venice credited to Giuseppe Cipriani. Like the Bellini, which bears a painter's name, this drink honours a master of Venetian painting, Jacopo Tintoretto, and replaces the peach with deep red pomegranate juice. Sources describe it as a Venetian long drink of fruit and bubbles, and the IBA lists it among the variants on its official Bellini page. We found no reliable source on who created it or when: even an origin at Harry's Bar, though plausible, is not documented.
Sources (3)
Taste profile
- Bubbly
- 4 out of 5
- Fruity
- 4 out of 5
- Sweet
- 2 out of 5
- Sour
- 2 out of 5
