Miniature of the real thing - Amaretto Disaronno Liqueur, in the signature square glass bottle.
50 ml
It stands around 9 cm tall.
The base, front & back are of plain glass and the sides are frosted.
It has lightly rounded shoulders.
It wears the distinctive black cap which is around 2.25 cm square complete with the usual 1525 logo embellishment on the top, and DISARONNO around the sides, all in gold-coloured lettering.
Mini bottle....but full strength honey-coloured liquid contents - 28% alc/vol
Some enjoy its sweet flavour simply with ice, a colleague serves a mix of it in a secret recipe soured with lemon, some mix it with a fizzy favourite.....but.....mine stands with my collection of
mini-measures glasses and the other miniatures I keep in my ingredient cupboard......usually for culinary purposes.....but......on high days and cold Bank holidays I can be very tempted to indulge in a 'DISARONNO MOCHA ITALIA' - a dark blend of the moreish liqueur, strong coffee and cocoa with some whipped cream to lighten up!
A cool alternative for those hot summer days:
'MACBETH - a fearsome fusion of Tennessee whisky, Disaronno, blue curaçao and 'sweet & sour', along with crushed ice for a mix that's destined to get people talking.'
The resultant strong green-coloured cocktail is hard to beat in more ways than one, in a
martini glass, simply served with slice of lime and a single cherry!
And....should one little bottle not be enough.....one can also purchase a neat
display of 20, from a specialist miniature-only company!
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For information:
History in the making:1525
'The warm, sophisticated taste of DISARONNO has a lineage dating back to one of the most romantic and creative periods in Italian history - the Renaissance. In 1525, the artist Bernardino Luini, a brilliant pupil of Leonardo da Vinci - was commissioned to paint a fresco of the Madonna of the Miracles in Saronno (Madonna dei Miracoli in Saronno, where the Fresco is still displayed today).
To portray the Madonna, he chose as his muse a beautiful local innkeeper.
As a mark of her gratitude, she prepared for the artist a special gift of a flask full of an amber liqueur, fragrant and delicate. That is how the legend of DISARONNO arose: from a simple gesture of kindness and the unique handmade combination of secret ingredients.'
And......the recipe remains a well-kept secret.....and, perhaps....surprising to some... no nuts.....check out the 'FAQ' at the base of the DISARONNO website for further details.