Cultured Palate: Dishes from France
| August 9, 2017
Lillet
There are tons of different types of French cocktails and liquors, but none are as quintessentially French as Lillet, which comes in both blanc (white) and rouge (red) varieties.
Lillet is an aromatized wine – a base of wine to which various other liqueurs (usually orange liqueur) have been added. Then, the entire mixture is left in oak barrels to age.
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