LCBO Food & Drink Holiday 2022

HIGHER STANDARDS

Highland Pomme French flavours marry beautifully with the best of Scotland in this gorgeous drink. A 23-year-old single-malt Scotch that has been finished in fine French-oak cuvée wine casks gets kissed with Calvados, the famous apple brandy from Normandy. The result is a rich and smooth sipper with luxurious flavours that continue to meld as the drink rests over ice. It’s as lovely at cocktail hour as it would be after dinner. See p. 246 for a big-batch recipe. 1 oz ultra-aged premium Scotch, such as Glenfiddich Grand Cru 1 oz Calvados 1/4 oz fresh-squeezed lemon juice, strip of lemon peel reserved Sprig fresh thyme for garnish 1. In a cocktail stirring pitcher or shaker filled with ice, add Scotch, Calvados and lemon juice. Stir at least 30 seconds, until very well chilled. Strain into a rocks glass over a large cube of ice. 2. Squeeze the reserved lemon peel, skin side in, to express some of the lemon oils into the drink. Rub skin side of lemon around rim of glass. Garnish with thyme sprig.

Makes 1 cocktail

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WHERE THERE’S SMOKE The Stündenglass Gravity Infuser and its glass beverage cloche make a striking visual centrepiece on your bar, while deeply infusing cocktails with the flavours of oak, alder or apple wood smoke—a dramatic serving and flavour boost to cocktails like this one that contain barrel-aged spirits. Approx. $773, stundenglass.com, canadianvaporizers.ca

Glenfiddich Grand Cru LCBO 22181, $599.95

G.E. Massenez Vieux Calvados LCBO 271726, 700mL, $53.95

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