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1894, "alcoholic drink taken before a meal to stimulate the appetite," from French apéritif "laxative, laxative liqueur," literally "opening," from Latin aperitivus, from aperire "to open" (see overt). Cf. Middle English apertive (adj.), a medical word meaning "capable of opening or dilating" (pores, etc.), early 15c.
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What is the name of a Beverage starting with the letter A?
an apertif
What does Sherrie look like?
it's a wine that can be served as a apertif
How do you use aperitif in a sentence?
Yes, I would appreciate a nice apertif.
What colour is dry sherry?
it's a wine that can be served as a apertif
How do you spell apertif?
The correct spelling is "aperitif" (drink before a meal, from French apéritif).
What is a five-course menu?
A five course menu is as following... Appetizer course soup course Salad course main (meat) course Desert Also a "course" that can be added is the apertif. While not strictly considered a "course", it is the "after dinner" drink that evolved into the cocktail party. This menu is standard for a formal dinner party, which should last at least an hour to an hour and a half. Seeing that this menu is rather long, it is no wonder that the Victorian dinner party was a major event. The appetizer course is NOT eaten as finger food, it is a "nibble" of a meat or vegetable dish that is served on it's own plate. It is enjoying a resurgence in fine dining.
Can you use a merlot wine to make a marsala sauce?
Probabaly not a good idea; Marsala wine tends to be amber, has a smokey flavor, and can be dry, semisweet, or sweet, depending on the way it is aged. It is an apertif, and found in many deserts. A lot of foods call for it; however, it's not the same as your standard 'white cooking wine'. * Obviously, it depends on what you are trying to do. * If it's good enough to cook with, it's good enough to drink, IMHO. And for sure if you would not drink it, don't cook with it.
Is dry sherry an alcoholic beverage?
It's a wine that can be also serve as an apertif. A fortified spanish wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain, wine ranging from very dry to sweet and from amber to brown.=It is also used as an ingredient to many foods.==there are types of sherry: Fino is a pale straw and gold color, with a delicate crisp aroma (nutty). It is ideal with tapas, soups, seafood, fish, ham and mild cheese. Manzanilla: Straw colored, has a crisp aroma, and it is dry and light. It is excellent with tapas, seafood, mild cheese, white fish and ham. It must be served chilled. Cream Sherry is an Oloroso sweetened with rich Pedro Ximenez grapes. Its color is dark or very dark mahogany. Its aroma is round, crisp and velvety. An ideal dessert sherry. Oloroso is initially dry, amber to mahogany in color with a strongly fragrant aroma. Full bodied (nutty). Very good before meals and with game and red meats. Pale Cream is a smooth wine of pale or very pale color, with a Fino crisp aroma and a sweet taste. It is excellent to accompany foie-gras and fresh fruit salad. Cream sherries are generally sweetened Amontillado or Oloroso and combine a deep mahogany-color with an intense aroma. Sweet and velvety, with full body. Amontillado is amber in color, naturally dry but with a deep fresh nutty aroma. Smooth and full bodied. A wonderful aperitif and a good match for white meats, oily fish and mature cheese. Palo Cortado is a hybrid of Fino and Oloroso as the yeast is allowed to develop and then die off. This produces a bright mahogany-colored wine with a hazelnut bouquet and a dry palate. Medium is an amber to mahogany colored wine with a delicate bouquet and slightly sweet. It's basically a sweetened Oloroso and also called brown, golden milk or rich Sherry. Pedro Jimenez is made from one of the other types of Sherry grape. It is normally used to color and sweeten other sherries, but is also drunk on its own. Very sweet. Moscatel or Moscat is a dark mahogany-colored wine, produced from the other grape variety used in Sherry. It is normally used to sweeten other sherries, and is a smooth, sweet wine with an aroma or raisins. Smooth texture but very sweet.=
