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Maraschino liqueur is a colourless liqueur made from Marasca cherries. The cherries are crushed, pits included, and then the mixture is aged in oak barrels, resulting in a complex and slightly bitter flavour.
Maraschino is the liqueur you are thinking of. It is a clear bittersweet drink flavoured with Marasca cherries and their crushed pits which adds a taste of almonds to it. First brewed by the apothecaries of the Dominican Monastery at Zadar, in the 16th century. This drink is commonly sold under the brand name of Luxardo.
Maraschino cherries were originally made with marascacherries. These grow around the area of the Adriatic sea. Beginning in the 1880's, the Luxardo company (makers of the famous Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur) began exporting jarred cherries to the U.S. and these were the same cherries which were used in its liqueur, along with the pits. Now, other generic brands of "maraschino cherries' are widely available and these are what most people are familiar with but they bear little resemblance to Luxardo cherries. You can still get Luxardo cherries, however, in specialty gourmet stores or online.
Marasca cherries are a small bitter Italian cherry used to make the liqueur "Maraschino". This liqueur was in turn used to flavor other cherries for decorative effect in cooking and drinks. Today, however, the "maraschino" cherries are produced in a number of locations from local cherries soaked in food coloring and sugar instead of by the original recipe. The cherries themselves are not Marasca cherries but any of a number of light fleshed sweet cherries
Yes. Amarena (crystallized morello cherries), or amaretto, which is both a liqueur made from crushed almond and/or apricot pits and a delicious biscuit (same ingredients plus sugar and egg whites.)
Amaretto almond flavoured liqueur
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There are many websites where one can find recipe ideas for maraschino cherries. Some of these include websites like FoodNetwork, CherryMan, HomeCooking, and TheKitchn. A simple example for a recipe would be: 1 cup maraschino liqueur and 1 pint stemmed and pitted sour cherries, stirred and cooled.
Almond liqueur is made from almond extract.
gut cherries are also known as choke cherries. Brian only called them that because they made his stomach hurt.
Abricotine is an apricot liqueur made in France.