What is "amaretto"

Italian almond-flavored liqueur, 1945 (the original brand, Amaretto di Saronno, dates to 1851), from the Italian word for almond (q.v.), which did not acquire the excrescent -l- of the English word. Sometimes confused with amoretto. Amoroso (literally "lover"), a type of sweetened sherry, is attested from c.1870.

n. 1 (context uncountable countable English) A sweet-bitter liqueur originating from Italy (but also prodcued in Turkey), flavored with almonds and a secret blend-specific mix of some 200 ingredients such as the pits from apricots, peaches, cherry or other stone-fruits. 2 (context countable English) A glass of that liqueur

Amaretto (Italian for "a little bitter") is a sweet, almond-flavoured, Italian liqueur associated with Saronno, Italy. Various commercial brands are made from a base of apricot pits, almonds, or both.

Amaretto serves a variety of culinary uses, can be drunk by itself, and is added to other beverages to create several popular mixed drinks, as well as to coffee.

Amaretto is an almond-flavored Italian liqueur.

Amaretto may also refer to:

• Almond-flavored cookies (plural amaretti):
  • Almond macaron (with almond paste or meal)
    • Amaretti di Saronno in Lombardy, Italy
  • Almond meringue (with egg whites)
  • Almond biscuits (twice baked, with whole eggs)
    • Biscotti, widely known, especially in Italy, Spain, and North America
• "Amaretto" as a flavouring, derived from several sources:
  • Benzaldehyde
  • Amygdalin)
  • Orgeat syrup