White Lillet Cocktails

These refreshing cocktails incorporate white Lillet, a French aperitif that blends white wine, herbs and citrus.

Ingredients:

  • Ice cubes as needed
  • 1 bottle (24 fl. oz.) white Lillet
  • 1/4 cup Cointreau
  • 4 orange peel strips, each about 1/4 inch wide and 4 inches long

Directions:

Select 4 tumblers or highball glasses. Fill each glass with ice. Add about 3/4 cup of the Lillet and 1 Tbs. of the Cointreau to each glass and stir. Garnish each glass with an orange peel strip and serve immediately. Serves 4.

Adapted from Williams-Sonoma Entertaining with the Seasons (Free Press, 2010).