Last we met we were serving up Great-aunt Helen’s zucchini casserole. The rules of our game here are that we follow food with drink. But what should we drink with a casserole? A lovely white wine would do the trick, but this is Cocktail U so a mixed drink we must have.
As we have many times before, we turn to our trusty 10,000 Drinks tome. The chapter entitled Wine-Based Cocktails sounded promising and amidst the many crazy drinks (Balla Balla, Balalaika Magika, Boston Bottle Rocket to name three), I found one that sounded quite lovely: Italian Perfume.
This cocktail passed my few-ingredient test by asking only for brandy, amaretto, and white wine — all already on my shelf. I didn’t even need to use a cocktail shaker – ingredients were simply poured over ice.
If you think this sounds like a sweet drink, you are absolutely correct. But over enough ice, it mellowed nicely and I liked this drink very much. Should you want to pour one — with or without Zucchini Casserole on the table — it’s as easy as equal parts brandy and amaretto poured into an ice-filled wine glass, then finished with white wine. Cheers! 
Hope to see you again as we continue our way through Helen’s recipe box and of course the promise of another libation.
Salute! 🙂
Thank you, sir!
looks great!
Thank you, Beth 🙂
It sounds like a summertime treat like sangria. Only better because of the amaretto and brandy. I can smell if from here. Cheers!
And cheers to you, my friend 🙂 Thank you for being here. I wasn’t able to finish it as I was running the girls around so had it a few days later and darned if it didn’t taste even better after it had time to mellow. Thinking it would be great with carbonation.
Sho nuff makes me long for amaretto and I’m loving that silver platter presentation.
look at me, leaving comments hanging there and not bothering to respond for nearly a year. I am that sort of diva blogger 😉
The platter was Helen’s, too 😀
It remind me a little of a Spanish sangria but without the fruit. 🙂
Hey, Karen – my bad for taking nearly a year to respond!!! Always appreciate your comments and you stopping by. Yes to sangria, fruit or no 🙂
It does sound like sangria minus the fruit! Might be time to have this and the casserole. I’m picking zucchini nearly every morning!
Hey, Gretchen. I see you’ve been disappearing, too. Hard to keep up with it all. Am embarrassed to have left your comment sitting here for almost a full year. Somehow a few of these got by me 😦 Appreciate your stopping by. Bet you are enjoying fun foods for sure!
Cheers! Sounds like a great way to start the weekend 😉
Amen to that 🙂 Hope you are well. Somehow let your comment slip by me last June – sorry! And here we are looking at another June soon to be here. Yay yay yay to summer!! (but lol, you are in a different hemisphere, yes? – we are just now getting rid of snow, so maybe there is some overlap?)