LAKE COMO

LAKE COMO

1 ½ measures cognac

¾ measure TUACA

TUACA is an Italian vanilla citrus liqueur and cognac isdouble-distilled brandy made with French grapes. Put them together in a tallglass filled with ice, stir, strain that mixture into a short cocktail glass,slice a lemon, squeeze it over the glass rim and into the glass, then plop itin. You have just made a LAKE COMO cocktail.

Lake Como is one of the most beautiful lakes in Italy. It’sa deep blue lake surrounded by mountains and home to the aristocrats of theworld since the Roman times. It contains art and culture, and George Clooney’sresidence. I can picture Mr. Clooney now, lounging on his expansive Italianmarble terrace sipping a LAKE COMO cocktail.

He would find that, muchlike the lake it is named after, the LAKE COMO cocktail is divine. Sure, with only two alcohols and nothing else, itis a strong cocktail to be sure. Hubby added ice to his and I kept squeezingsome lemon in. Both techniques helped to tone it down. The vanilla taste fromthe TUACA is subtle and when I have this again, I’ll add more of it. Still, itwas a smooth taste once you got past the first few harsh sips and Hubby nolonger needed to take Nyquil for his cold.

Drink Up^

Cocktail Connie