hello I'm Andrew Knowlton the restaurant and drinks editor here at Bon Appetit and I'm going to show you how to flame an orange twist for your cocktail first you need a cocktail which we have here and then the thing that kind of gives this drink its signature is the flaming orange twist don't laugh so first just take a paring knife or any sharp knife you have turn the orange in your hands so that you get kind of the perfect little circle of orange want to try to avoid the pith if you can I like the wood matches just like this you want to hold it about four inches because you're not trying to get the flame into the drink you're just the essence of the orange in there a little bit here and then just squeeze and there you go and that's really all there is to it for more tips and techniques go to Bon Appetit comm I'll do it one more time for this so damn good