Tahukah anda apa yang dikatakan "Kirsch"?
Ia adalah sejenis arak yang dihasilkan dari pemerapan buah ceri . Amat popular di German.
Kek yang biase mengandungi Kirsch ialah "Black Forest Cake"
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Sumber dari buku panduan & internet
Kirsch = from cherries, raspberries, boysenberries, currants or cider.
Kirsch : A liqueur distilled from the fermented juice of cherries and their crushed kernels.
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Sumber dari sini
Kirschwasser (English pronunciation: /ˈkɪərʃvɑːsər/ KEERSH-vahs-ər, German: [ˈkɪɐ̯ʃvasɐ], German for “cherry water”) is a clear, colourless fruit brandy traditionally made from double-distillation of morello cherries, a dark-coloured cultivar of the sour cherry. However, the beverage is now also made from other kinds of cherries.
The cherries are fermented complete (that is, including their stones).[1]
Kirschwasser is often simply called Kirsch in both German- and English-speaking countries.
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Sumber dari sini
kirsch, also called Kirschwasser, dry, colourless brandy distilled from the fermented juice of the black morello cherry. Kirsch is made in the Black Forest of Germany, across the Rhine River in Alsace (France), and in the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland. Its production methods remain traditional. The fully ripened cherries are mashed in a large wooden tub or vat and allowed to ferment freely. Upon completion of this process, the entire mass—liquid, pulp, and cherry stones—is distilled in a pot still. During the mashing some of the cherry stones, or pits, are crushed, releasing some of their oils and acids. These include small amounts of hydrocyanic acid, which impart a distinctive bitter almond undertone to the beverage. Kirsch is not aged. It is marketed at 90 to 100 proof, in the clear white (colourless) state it comes off the still. It is a fruit brandy with a clean cherry fragrance and bitter almond taste. Kirsch is consumed neat, as brandy, and in cocktails and is also used in cooking as a flavouring.
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