Chiloé has an endless list of unique island flavours concocted by soaking different herbs, grasses, flowers, fruits or berries in alcohol. Nothing is off-limits from sticks to chicken eggs. This Licor de Oro (gold liqueur) is the most famous, made by soaking alcohol, milk, sugar, cloves, lemons, saffron, bitter almonds, vanilla pods and cinnamon, then painstakingly filtering out the liquid, drop by drop to remove the cloudiness caused by the milk. The result is supposed to confuse and excite the palate with its chimera of ingredients. It tastes like liquid Christmas with a sweet little Mediterranean tinge. It's unlike anything I've ever tasted before - I meant to take a picture showing the gold-coloured liquid but the bottle mysteriously emptied before I got a chance.
Thursday 11 March 2010
Licor De Oro
Chiloé has an endless list of unique island flavours concocted by soaking different herbs, grasses, flowers, fruits or berries in alcohol. Nothing is off-limits from sticks to chicken eggs. This Licor de Oro (gold liqueur) is the most famous, made by soaking alcohol, milk, sugar, cloves, lemons, saffron, bitter almonds, vanilla pods and cinnamon, then painstakingly filtering out the liquid, drop by drop to remove the cloudiness caused by the milk. The result is supposed to confuse and excite the palate with its chimera of ingredients. It tastes like liquid Christmas with a sweet little Mediterranean tinge. It's unlike anything I've ever tasted before - I meant to take a picture showing the gold-coloured liquid but the bottle mysteriously emptied before I got a chance.
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¿Has bebido toda la botella Fiona? de Suz xxx
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