marasca cherry


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Noun1.marasca cherry - Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueurmarasca cherry - Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur
maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, marasca
Prunus cerasus, sour cherry, sour cherry tree - rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
marasca - small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made
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Gabriel Boudier Maraschino Liqueur Stir, strain into a Coupe glass, garnish with caramelized lemon oil and a marasca cherry.
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Maraschino cherries get their name from a cherry native to that region, the marasca cherry, which is preserved in a locally produced cherry liqueur called maraschino.
Saunders--for whom no cocktail detail is too small--uses Luxardo brand maraschino cherries imported from Italy, a product still made with the indigenous marasca cherry. Such an ingredient can be expensive or hard to find, so another flavorful alternative to regular jarred maraschino cherries is fresh or dried sweet cherries soaked in your house bourbon.
Glam garnishes: it's time to start thinking outside the traditional garnish tray to enhance flavor and add flair to today's cocktails

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