Back Again With An Orange-Cider Drink!

Well, now it's *really* fall.  The leaves are changing, the trees are going into hibernation.  Today is the last big garage sale day, all over town.  Some of them close at one, but the die hards will be open all day until five, so if you haven't checked it out already, you owe it to yourself to do so!  I got some pretty nice things this year but my best finds were an Olympus D-540 digital camera that I picked up for $2.00 and a small, 10 watt guitar amp with an 8" speaker that I picked up for $5.  I spent the morning pleasantly rocking out and jammin' on some chords.  Feels so good!

In honor of the orange of the leaves, we have a drink called a Lillet of the Valley.  It calls for Solerno.  We have other blood orange liqueurs in stock, but not that one.

Incidentally, blood orange liqueur goes well with dark chocolate.  It's good to serve for dessert at Thanksgiving or Christmas, or as a mid-meal sweet.
 



This drink is called a Lillet of the Valley.

    2 ounces chilled Lillet Blanc
    1 ounce Solerno Blood Orange Liquor
    3 dashes orange bitters, such as Bitter Truth
    3 dashes grapefruit bitters
    1 teaspoon Gran Classico Bitter
    3 ounces chilled semi-dry cider
    1 thick twist orange twis

Procedures

Fill a mixing glass with ice, then add Lillet, Solerno, orange bitters, grapefruit bitters, and Gran Classico. Stir well.  Strain into an ice-filled collins glass. Top off with cider. Stir gently to  combine and garnish with orange twist.

All right?  All right.  'Til next time, SEE YA!