Sometimes we just want something simple yet elegant to add a whole new dimension to a favorite drink or dessert. Or maybe we just want a quick bite of something sweet, filling and satisfying for just that bit of guilty pleasure. Or we are looking for just that perfect gift. When that time comes say hello to Griottines!
Grottines are Morello Cherries soaked in a grand symphony of liqueurs according to an age old secret recipe. Griottines are a taste of ancient Europe distilled into a flavor burst that will intrigue and excite your taste for what is yet to be. Eat them at any time of day, add them to desserts, aperitifs and cocktails to turn every event into a party!
Griottines® are made using a very special type of Morello cherry, the Oblachinska cherry found only in the Balkans. To conserve the unique flavour and physical characteristics of the fruit, the first maceration of the cherries in liqueur takes place within six hours of picking. After rigorous sorting, grading and de-stoning, the Morello cherries are then steeped in different liqueurs for successive macerations based on age-old know-how and secrets. The last maceration provides the final touch of Kirsch which is the hallmark of Griottines, or as a wonderfully harmonious alternative, Cointreau.
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From Wikipedia-
Throughout Ireland and Britain, there is a long tradition of carving lanterns from vegetables, particularly the turnip, mangelwurzel, or swede. But not until 1837 does jack-o’-lantern appear as a term for a carved vegetable lantern, and the carved lantern does not become associated specifically with Halloween until 1866. Significantly, both occurred not in Ireland or Britain, but in North America. Historian David J. Skal writes,
Although every modern chronicle of the holiday repeats the claim that vegetable lanterns were a time-honored component of Halloween celebrations in the British Isles, none gives any primary documentation. In fact, none of the major nineteenth-century chronicles of British holidays and folk customs make any mention whatsoever of carved lanterns in connection with Halloween. Neither do any of the standard works of the early twentieth century.
Holloween and Chocolate were made for each other 
In America, the carved pumpkin was first associated with the harvest season in general, long before it became an emblem of Halloween. The poet John Greenleaf Whittier, who was born in 1807, wrote in “The Pumpkin” (1850):
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Oh!—fruit loved of boyhood!—the old days recalling,
When wood-grapes were purpling and brown nuts were falling!
When wild, ugly faces we carved in its skin,
Glaring out through the dark with a candle within! |
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Gourmet Country takes this vegetable tradition one step further with this playful Raviolis recipe. Let your culinary light shine from these tasty pastas and add yet another layer of fun to a beloved and time hornored holiday!
Ghostly Halloween Pumpkin Raviolis Recipe
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