With this drink: bacon, not stirred

Here’s a drink that goes beautifully with breakfast for dinner

Maple and rye cocktail

You can multiply this recipe times your number of guests and put the whiskey, amaro, syrup and bitters into a pitcher. Refrigerate up to several hours. Shake cocktails one serving at a time using a scant ½ cup of the mix per drink.

Ice cubes

¼ cup rye whiskey

2tablespoons amaro liqueur

1tablespoon pure maple syrup

4to 6 dashes Angostura bitters

1thin piece grapefruit peel (yellow part only, no white pith)

1. Fill a cocktail shaker full of ice. Pour rye, amaro, maple syrup and bitters over the ice. Cover tightly and shake vigorously for 30 seconds.

2. Strain into a stemmed cocktail glass. Add the grapefruit peel to the glass. Serve immediately.

— Chicago Tribune