Tamara writes in with a good problem - unidentified (but interesting-looking!) liquor. She says:
My sister just moved and I inherited some odd liquors from her that she didn't feel like trucking across the country. One is a bottle of Palinka (Hungarian fruit brandy, this one is cherry). At my Hungarian aunt's house I've always sipped this cold and straight, but I'm sure it could be the basis of some sort of delicious cocktail.
The other stumps me more. It's a Spanish anise-flavored liquor called Anis del Mono with a scary-looking monkey on the label. I have never heard of this before and am at a loss as to what to do with it. The only anise liquor I've had before is pastis, but this doesn't seem to be so pastis-y. Ideas?
I've used it for cooking. It taste great when used in a heavy cream sauce for Peppered Stake. And if you add it in with your chocolate as you melt it for fondue or truffles you get a wonderfully intricate taste! However, there are several cocktails with Cherry Brandy in them.
200 drinks for Cherry Brandy
Cherry Brandy Chocolate Mousse
Cherry Triffle from Food Network
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*steak
lol I'm a retard.
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It's really popular in Spain, and my mother (who is Spanish) loves it. My uncles like to spike their coffee and tea with it for a little after dinner coffee/drink combo.
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I don't have cooking/drinking suggestions... but when I visited Spain I bought a tin sign with that label just because I thought it was neat looking. Now I know what it belongs to!
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Firstly, many congratulations on your blog, it's wonderful, we can not stop to visit almost every day.
We want to give you an idea to use the Anís del Mono, is very common in Spain added to biscuits or cakes, there is a smell and taste delicious. If you want to send a recipe.
And sorry for language, "the translator is to blame";)
Greetings from Spain
VelSid
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...and don't forget Anís del Mono's colourful history. The monkey on the label is supposed to be a humorous portrait of Darwin, who at the time of the company's foundation was on every headline because of his evolution theory. By the way, don't overdo it when you use it as its flavour can be overpowering.
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