Last Updated March 1st, 2021 at 08:32 am by Lisa
Autumn Aperol Spritz fall cocktails are made with apple cider, Aperol, and blood oranges. Serve in Fall for Friendsgiving or Thanksgiving!
A festive fall color cocktail, people can mix their own and add either club soda or some Champagne or Prosecco for an added festive touch.
Set up a fall appetizer party with drinks and fall colored accessories and appetizers that will instantly wow your family and friends...
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What You Will Need...
- 2 ounces blood orange juice
- 2 ounces Apple Cider
- 1 ounce Aperol
- 1 splash soda water
- optional: 3 ounces Prosecco, Champagne, or any sparkling wine
- garnish: 1 slice blood orange
Aperol is a classic orange-red Italian aperitif liquor made famous in Italy and now popular around the world. First introduced in 1919, it was named from a French slang word for aperitif, which is apero.
Aperol has a slight bitterness with a faint sweet orange flavor, and citrus floral notes as its made from both sweet and bitter oranges, gentian root (a blue flowering plant), rhubarb, and cinchona (a pink flowering plant).
A Spritz Veneziano or Aperol Spritz, also called just Spritz, is an Italian wine-based cocktail, commonly served as an aperitif in Northeast Italy. It consists of prosecco, Aperol and soda water.
How To Host An Autumn Gathering:
- Pick a good spot and set up a long table indoors or outside depending on the weather of course! Borrow one or use what you have, you can even rent from a party store.
- Place a large Fall colored tablecloth in red, orange, brown or yellow colors. Again, what you have, or a couple of cloths together can look great!
- Set your serving area up with different heights: use books, baskets, bowls. This adds texture and interest, serve from unexpected containers.
- Use stacks of small plates, put out extra plates and utensils than you have guests as people often get second servings and lots of napkins and glasses for both kids and adults.
- Use fresh fruit like apples, pumpkins, pomegranates, and small flower arrangements. We (that would be my amazing dear friend Lidy over at French Garden House) used some silk flowers and a garland of leaves for this table, isn't it gorgeous?
- Serve 2-3 seasonal appetizers and snacks using season Fall ingredients like apples, my Salted Caramel Apple Dip (it's addictively yummy!), and a darling pumpkin-shaped Everything Bagel Cheeseball.
- Have FUN! Lidy is a pro at design and setting up the beautiful French antiques in a way that is so fascinating and unusual. The key she explained to me is just "play" and rearrange until it looks good to you!!
Fall Appetizers!
More Ideas For Aperol Spritz:
- Aperol Spritz by Platings and Pairings
- Classic Aperol Spritz by Cookie & Kate
- Classic Aperol Spritz Cocktail Recipe by Salt & Wind
- Aperol Spritz Cocktail (Spritz Veneziano) by A Little And A Lot
More Of My Fall Cocktails:
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Autumn Aperol Spritz
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup ice
- 3 ounces Aperol
- 2 ounces blood orange juice
- 2 ounces Apple Cider
- 1 splash soda water or Prosecco, Champagne
optional
- 3 ounces Prosecco Champagne, or any sparkling wine
- 1 slice blood orange - garnish
Instructions
- First, juice a couple of blood oranges, and slice one for garnish.
- Place ice in a tall glass, Aperol, blood orange juice, apple cider, a splash of soda water, and garnish with sliced blood orange. Cheers!
- Optional: Pour Prosecco, Champagne or sparkling wine instead of club soda.
- Garnish with blood orange slices.
One of the best drinks for the fall season! So easy to make with simple ingredients. Loving it Lisa!