ratafia
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thumb|right|220 px|Ratafià of Andorno Micca|Andorno, Italy Ratafia is a broad term used for two types of sweet alcoholic beverages, a flavouring essence whose taste resembles bitter almonds, later to a ratafia flavoured biscuit, a biscuit to be eaten along with ratafia, and later still, to a cherry variety.
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- Drink.name
- Ratafia
- Drink.image
- Ratafia.JPG
- Drink.caption
- Ratafia dels Raiers, from La Pobla de Segur
- Drink.type
- Sweet alcoholic beverage
- Drink.origin
- Mediterranean
- Drink.flavour
- Fruits or kernels, usually almond, green wild walnuts or the kernels of peach, apricot or cherry.
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- Ratafià di andorno.jpg
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- New International Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Liqueur
- Fortified wine
- Biscuit
- Other uses
- References
thumb|right|220 px|Ratafià of Andorno Micca|Andorno, Italy Ratafia is a broad term used for two types of sweet alcoholic beverages, a flavouring essence whose taste resembles bitter almonds, later to a ratafia flavoured biscuit, a biscuit to be eaten along with ratafia, and later still, to a cherry variety.
The Oxford English Dictionary lists the word's earliest date of use as 1670.
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