A few weeks ago my daughter found a French cookbook on sale at Anthropologie so she grabbed it and brought it home. We browsed the entre's and sides, but became engrossed in the desserts and cocktails, of course! There was a cocktail in there that used Lillet which sounded so refreshing. We researched the wine and called our local liquor store to see if they even stocked it. They confirmed so off we went and bought one bottle of white and one of blush. It's not dreadfully expensive but considerably more than the 3 buck chuck from Trader Joes. We had NO idea how it would taste but we really wanted to try it. I can't remember what the cocktail was (not because I had too many, but because I just don't have much short term memory, which may be a direct result of all of the alcohol consumed since high school but I digress. I know it involved some club soda but that's about it. The goal was to find a summer drink and I think we found it and will make again as soon as we find the cook book. I'll have to post about it later when we find the book.
Anyhow, tonight I wanted a glass of wine and remembered I had some leftover Lillet. So I cut up an orange and a lime added it to the glass with some ice, poured the Lillet and viola, I had a nice refreshing drink.
Even though Lillet is a bit expensive I do see it becoming one of our go to cocktails this summer while we sit in the sun in the evenings and weekends. While the temps have dropped back down to almost freezing my Lillet cocktail made me think of warm summer days not long to come.
I'm also intrigued by the recipes on the Lillet website. I think I'll try this one:
Millefeuille.
Oh I can already feel summer coming around the corner and I think we'll have a few signature drink concoctions.
Debbie
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