The fruits and vegetables that are in season during cooler weather make up a big part of that “fall feeling.” La Brea Bakery can help you put together the perfect fall charcuterie board to usher in the season.
Pairing ideas
When pairing a cheese with either a beverage or another food, consider their intensity of flavor, and either match the intensity or go for contrast.
Suggestions for pairing LBB breads with cheese and other ingredients:
- Rustic 8 Grain Loaf
with blue cheese and walnuts - New York Rye
with manchego and membrillo (quince paste) - Cranberry Walnut Loaf
with cheddar and grapes - French Baguette
with brie and pear
Cocktails and Mocktails
Apples & Pears
This cocktail combines apple-flavored vodka, lime and pear juices, and a vanilla-nutmeg syrup with hard cider and Angostura bitters to produce a profoundly autumnal drink.
Goldwyn Follies
This recipe mixes gin, apple and cranberry juices, and black tea with a spiced cinnamon syrup for an elegantly autumnal cocktail, garnished with equally elegant apple slices.
Pumpkin Sazerac
This fall spin on the Sazerac entails using real pumpkin in a spiced syrup, which joins cognac (or rye whiskey) and Peychaud’s bitters in an absinthe-rinsed rocks glass.
Maple Roasted Pear & Apple Mocktail
A fall-flavored mocktail great for the whole family! Featuring sweet roasted pears and apples and infused with fall spices, it also has hints of caramel-like flavor and nuttiness from the maple.
Slow Cooker Wassail Punch
This modern wassail contains fresh winter fruit, adding sweet and tart flavors to cider and juice. Throw in a pouch of whole cloves, allspice, and ginger, a few cinnamon sticks, and let the slow cooker transform the juice into a hot punch perfect for a crowd.
The Bright & Bitter
This mocktail is a bracing blend of fresh juices — lime, lemon, orange, and cranberry — hence the “bright” of the title. The “bitter” comes in with non-alcoholic bitters, which lend spice and an aromatic depth to the drink.
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