Play mixologist with this fizzy apple-cider sour. The flamed orange peel garnish provides a hint of smoke to mimic whiskey's oaked taste.

Recipe courtesy of Food Network Kitchen

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Total:: 5 min
Active:: 5 min

Yield:: 1 drink

Level:: Easy

Ingredients

1 small sugar cube
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 ounces apple cider
2 ounces cranberry-raspberry flavor seltzer
1 spherical piece cocktail ice
1 whole apple chip
One 2- to 3-inch piece orange peel

Directions

Special equipment: a sphere ice cube mold

Add the sugar cube, lemon juice, apple cider and seltzer to a 6- to 8-ounce Old Fashion glass. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Drop in the ice cube sphere and apple chip. Flame the orange peel by simultaneously bending the peel, skin-side out, and holding a match or lighter near the peel to ignite the spraying orange oil. Rub the peel around the rim of the glass before dropping it in the drink.

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Name: Mock Apple-Cider Sour
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Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 1 small sugar cube; 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice; 2 ounces apple cider; 2 ounces cranberry-raspberry flavor seltzer; 1 spherical piece cocktail ice; 1 whole apple chip; One 2- to 3-inch piece orange peel