Strega Cream

Appearance: Viscous and opaque with a lemon-cream colour. It coats the glass heavily. Aroma: Vanilla, liquorice, cardamom, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, mint and traces of honey. There is a rich creamy quality to the aromas and the herbal notes are very melodious and mild. A well balanced, complex nose. Flavour & Texture: Delicate baking spices wrapped in a soothing blanket of vanilla cream with just a hint of lemon, aniseed and mint. The texture is dense, enveloping, sweet and creamy but it is not at all syrupy or cloying. Vanilla and a mild creamy spiciness linger into the aftertaste. A delicious cream liqueur that has complexity and sweetness but avoids the pitfall of becoming cloying after repeated sips. I very much enjoy cream liqueurs but I find a lot of them to be simplistic or over-sweet. This one, on the contrary, is delightfully difficult to pin down and you need repeated tastings to unravel the palate. It’s easily one of the best cream liqueurs I’ve tasted. It is very good chilled straight from the fridge as a digestif, it goes well with coffee (or in it) and it’s a fine cooking ingredient as well. Mrs Cascode added a small amount to some vanilla muffins she was baking and it was a supurb combination. We used at least half our bottle by mixing it with mascarpone cheese to make a topping for fresh raspberries, which created a simple but divine dessert. If you like cream liqueurs then I can strongly recommend picking up a bottle of this. We just finished ours and immediately ordered another. “Excellent” : 88/100 (4.5 stars)