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Elixir For Autumn in LA Cocktail

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Two glasses filled with Elixir, ice, and an orange strip.
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TODAY’S MUSINGS
No riot of color or chilling air, November’s subtlety in LA is lost to anyone not labeled “native.”

Feigning Hollywood starlet ennui, tanned summer leaves serenely suicide from weary trees, “Too hot,” they lament, “I cannot stay a moment longer.”

Stifling Santa Ana winds unfurl scents of burning sagebrush with feelings of prickly dread and stopped time. “Earthquake weather,” we proclaim.

Porch lights flicker awake by 5:00 pm, lighting barefoot children pedaling bikes in dusty cul-de-sacs. LA quietly shifts into autumn, leaving paroxysms of sunset hues to the other coast.

TODAY’S RECIPE:
I wanted to capture the feeling of LA’s autumn in a festive cocktail for Thanksgiving and beyond.

Elixir For Autumn in LA

  • Servings: 2 rocks glasses
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Leave it to a baker to blend the flavors of bitter orange, almond, caramel, and ginger into this not-too-sweet elixir for the West Coast.


Ingredients

  • 2 ounces Amaro Angelino (bitter citrus flavor)
  • 2 ounces Disaronno (almond flavor)
  • 1 ounce Shanky’s Whip (caramel vanilla flavor)
  • ½ ounce fresh lemon juice
  • 3 ounces ginger beer
  • 2 strips of orange peel

Directions

  1. Add all ingredients except peel to a shaker filled with ice. Shake well until chilled.
  2. Strain into two rocks glasses over fresh ice. Express the orange peel over the glasses to release the oils, then drop it into the glass.

Bakewell Alexander Cocktail

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Two Bakewell Alexander cordials


Sunday, my guy and I binge watched five hours of Better Call Saul, not leaving the couch, not getting out of our PJ’s – entirely guilt free. This is the new normal in the midst of COVID-19 and a shelter-in-place quarantine.

Another result of my self-quarantine is creative recipe concoctions using only on-hand ingredients. Friday, during lockdown, I cleaned out my liquor cabinet and found a number of bottles, barely used, from last year’s various cooking and baking recipes (How did I accumulate THREE different kinds of Sherry?). I gathered up the most promising flavors, experimented a bit, got tipsy in the process, and came up with this winner.

Stay healthy everyone!

Bakewell Alexander Cocktail

  • Servings: 1 cocktail
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Rich and creamy chocolate almond cherry cordials – taste like dessert in a glass.


Ingredients

  • 1 part whole milk or cream
  • 1 part chocolate liqueur (such as Mozart brand)
  • ½ part almond liqueur (such as Disaranno)
  • ½ part Kirsch
  • Good-quality maraschino cherries (such as Luxardo)
  • Freshly-grated nutmeg

Directions

  1. Pour a bit of the syrup from the maraschino cherries in the bottom of a glass.
  2. Combine milk, chocolate liqueur, almond liqueur and kirsch in a shaker with crushed ice. Shake well and strain over cherry syrup.
  3. Garnish with a maraschino cherry and freshly grated nutmeg. Serve.