Italian Liqueur Names - Drink and Cook With Them!


	The Popular Italian Liqueur Names The list - PLUS more liqueur tidbits! These are the more well know Italian liqueur names: Amaretto - Sweet, almond-flavored Anisette - Licorice flavored Frangelico - Hazelnut and herb-flavored Galliano - Anise, juniper, lavender, peppermint and vanilla Sambuca - Also licorice flavored Limoncello - Lemon flavored And then there are those obscure "out there" list of Italian liqueurs - like, alcherems and ramazzotti etc. And if time permits (someday) I'll make those drinks. But I'd thought I'd start with the liqueur names that are more well known. Are these cordials or liqueurs? BOTH! The words are interchangeable. Here's what they are: Cordials/liqueurs are high in sugar and low in alcohol content. Cordials/liqueurs are used to sweeten up the flavors in mixed drinks. Cordials/liqueurs are made with the flavors of fruits, herbs, spices or plants. After all that then those flavors are infused with a spirit. What can I do with Limoncello? Drink it! After dinner! Uh, before. It's made with three common ingredients. Click here to see the Limoncello Recipe What can I do with Amaretto? Make an Amaretto Sour!! Amaretto Sour Drink Recipe Use it in Italian dessert recipes like: Cookies with Amaretto Amaretto Cookies A basic butter cookie flavored by amaretto instead of vanilla. Apricot Bars The dried apricots sit in amaretto before cooking to give flavor. Cakes with Amaretto Peach Cake Recipe Made like an upside down cake with a brown sugar amaretto and butter bottom. Tarts and Pudding with Amaretto Chocolate Pudding Recipe A basic chocolate pudding recipe, only with amaretto. Chocolate Tart Recipe The filling is chocolate and amaretto. These are the most popular Italian liqueurs. Other than drinking these on the rocks and making cocktails, I hope you cook some awesome Italian desserts. Thanks for stopping by! See a list of Italian drinks with their drink recipes. Back to the top of the Italian Liqueur Names. I love sugar and I eat dessert EVERYDAY! Ok, not MASSIVE amounts. But I do have to finish off the evening meal with a little sweet something. When I was a kid my health conscience mother would ration my Halloween candy. Her mantra was, "white sugar will kill you". But my Italian grandma always told me, "Everybody needs a little bit of sugar." :-) So, to get my October Halloween sugar fix I will make the traditional Italian cookie recipe, Venetian Bones of the Dead. Italians make these for the Day of the Dead on November 2nd. So - hey, our holiday in America - Halloween is the closest. So - while the neighborhood is slamming down a bunch of gross mass produced candy on October 31st, I'll have a real goodie. Oh yeah, I'll have to post it too! (Eventually!) You know how it is. Work. Kids. Clean. Cook. I'll see if Bones Of The Dead is in my grandma's first recipe file she started when she married in 1932. Most of the recipes on my site came from her influence. If they aren't in her file - then I got them from her friends. And the remainder I experimented with adapting her style. I hope she looks down and smiles this Halloween. Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About
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