What is amaretto?

amaretto is an Italian liqueur flavored with parts of fruit that flood alcohol almonds. It is a very popular drink both in mixers and chilled over the ice and has what many people describe as a dessert. The word itself means "somewhat bitter" in Italian and refers to a slightly bitter aftertaste that the liqueur sometimes has. According to this story, Renaissance painter Bernardino Luini in Italy Saronno was to make a fresco for the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. While there he used a widow as a model for his painting and eventually had a love affair with it. So she and she and Luini were taken that she wanted to create a special drink in his honor, and Amaretto was the result of her work of love. Modern version or disronno original. The original was most likely a supply of grape brandy, which was filled with apricot pits. Today's amaretto is usually produced by apricot core oil, which was filled with alcohol, burned sugar and a mixture of fruit and herbs. Apricot pits usually form the main base, but occasionally can be used pitscherries or peaches.

AMARETTO di Saronno has a very distinctive bottle designed by a renowned glass crafter from the Italian town of Murano. The bottle is almost square with slightly rounded corners and strongly spotted, giving it a noticeable texture. The cap screws and is a large, flat black square with the word disaronno on it.

Overall, the taste of amaretto is very sweet with a strong taste of almonds, which leads many people to describe it as a kind of liquid marzipan. It has not been imported by the United States until the 1960s, but since its introduction has quickly become one of the most popular drinks for making cocktails. Some popular cocktails using IT include amaretto and cream that consists of the same light cream and amaretto over ice and godfather, a mixture of liqueur with whiskey and cola.