Gentian liqueur (also known as Enzian or Gentian schnapps, Genziana liqueur or simply Genziana) is a clear liqueur produced using the roots of the gentian plant.
It is typical of several regions of Italy, but especially Trentino and Alto Adige, as well as of parts of France, where it is called liqueur de gentiane,[1] which is produced by distilling a maceration of the roots of the gentian.[2]
The name genziana is also used for a digestif, typical of the Abruzzo region, in central Italy.[3] It is also made with the roots of the gentian, but by steeping them in white wine, with no distillation.[4][2]
- ^ Jean-Louis Clade, Charles Jollès: La Gentiane. L'aventure de la fée jaune, édition Cabédita, 2006. ISBN 2882954611.
- ^ a b Il Giornale del Cibo: Liquore di genziana: la ricetta del tesoro "liquido" dell’Abruzzo
- ^ Abruzzoturismo.it - Liquore alla genziana
- ^ Stradadeiparchi.it: Tradizioni d’Abruzzo: il liquore di genziana