Alchermes
Alchermes (custard cream and sugar. In the Italian pudding zuppa inglese, sponge cake or ladyfingers soaked in this liqueur are a major ingredient.[1]
Alkermes was a modification of an 8th-century
palpitation of the heart, or syncope, sometimes for smallpox or measles, and as a general restorative.[2]
References
- ^ Riley, Gillian (2007). The Oxford Companion to Italian Food. Oxford University Press.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)
Further reading
- Greenfield, Amy Butler: Alkermes "Liqueur of Prodigious Strength" Gastronomica. 2007 Winter; 7(1):25-30.