"Did you know that Nocino is a sublime Walnut Liquer"? Learn how to make your own Nocino!
Alex Writes:
To be honest Nocino does look like motor oil. Not sure it would work as motor oil though, but if you poured a couple of pints into your car’s engine, it would probably end up feeling rather happy while swerving and hiccuping its way down the road. At least until the engine succumbed to the alcohol content and exploded into a myriad of tiny fragments all smelling vaguely of walnut.
Indeed, Nocino is rather on the strong side, so drinking any more than a wee dram and then driving is not recommended.
Come to think of it, you should perhaps pop this fire-water right into the fuel tank… Sorry, I digress.
It’s cold and snowy all over Italy at the moment. Here in Milan it’s freezing, so it must be absolutely gelid up in them there mountains. To stave off the winter chill, those who are not nuts about winter weather might like to try an interesting little Italian tipple called Nocino.
Nocino, if you did not know, and knowing how good Italy is at telling the outside world about its hidden treasures, it is probable you did not, is a walnut based alcoholic drink which is quite common up here in the north of Italy.
Often this walnut liqueur is served to guests by country people in the Emiglia Romana region of Italy. Often said country people have created their very own potent versions of this nutty 80 proof drink.
I had a bottle of Nocino in the house which I finished today (It is cold). It was Nocino di Moderna, which can be found in my local supermarket – note that I live in Italy.
If you read on you’ll find out a little more about this Italian drink, and an official recipe for making it – but you will need to come to Italy in June to gather an odd number of walnuts in order to fulfil your Nocino dreams.
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