Crème de Noyaux explained

Crème de Noyaux
Type:Liqueur
Abv:20% U.S, 40% original and French
Proof:40 U.S., 80 original and French
Manufacturer:Bols, Hiram Walker, Tempus Fugit, Company Vedrenne.
Color:Pink or clear
Flavour:almond

Crème de Noyaux (in French pronounced as /kʁɛm də nwajo/) is an almond-flavored crème liqueur, although it is actually made from apricot kernels or the kernels of peach or cherry pits, which provide an almond-like flavor.[1] [2] Both Bols and Hiram Walker produce artificially colored red versions of the liqueur (either of which contribute the pink hue to Pink Squirrel cocktails) while Noyau de Poissy from France is available in both clear (blanc) and barrel-aged amber (ambre) versions.

Historically, crème de noyaux would contain trace amounts of hydrogen cyanide, which is poisonous. Although the chemical was not normally present in a dangerous intensity, bottles of 19th-century Noyaux left for decades in the cellar would sometimes have all the cyanide float up to the top, with lethal results for the drinker of the first glass.[3] Dorothy Sayers used this peculiarity of the old Crème de Noyaux in her short story "Bitter Almonds" (collected in In the Teeth of the Evidence, 1939).

The name comes from the French noyau: "kernel, pit, or core". It is an ingredient in the Fairbank cocktail,[4] the Pink Squirrel cocktail[5] and in a cocktail called Old Etonian.[6]

In 2013, Tempus Fugit Spirits recreated a 19th-century-style Crème de Noyaux – distilling both apricot and cherry pits, amongst other botanicals, and coloring the liqueur with red cochineal, as was done in the past. Care was taken to remove the trace elements of hydrogen cyanide produced in the process.

Crème de Noyaux is an ingredient, along with Crème de Cacao and heavy cream or vanilla ice cream in the Pink Squirrel adult beverage.

Noyau de Poissy

Noyau de Poissy is a liqueur made from apricot kernel almonds, macerated or distilled in a superfine alcohol, in the presence, according to the recipes, of fine wine brandy, enriched with plants and subtly flavored.There are therefore 2 Noyau de Poissy liqueurs:

It should be added:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Best of Sicily Magazine. Amaretto. Roberta Gangi. 17 March 2018.
  2. Web site: Rowley. Matthew. If I Had a Hammer: Ratafia aux Noyau Just in Time for Christmas . Rowley's Whiskey Forge . 6 November 2008 . 26 April 2011.
  3. Book: Alan H. Hall. Gary E. Isom. Gary A. Rockwood. Toxicology of Cyanides and Cyanogens: Experimental, Applied and Clinical Aspects. 12 October 2015. Wiley. 978-1-118-62895-9. xix.
  4. Web site: Vintage Cocktail Project: Fairbank Cocktail . https://web.archive.org/web/20150507163256/http://ourlibatiousnature.com/2011/04/07/vintage-cocktail-project-fairbank-cocktail/ . 7 May 2015 . Our Libatious Nature . 7 April 2007 . 20 February 2012.
  5. Web site: Pink Squirrel . The Webtender . 7 May 1995 . 26 April 2011.
  6. Web site: Old Etonian Cocktail . https://web.archive.org/web/20160917003437/http://www.mixology.com/recipes/ShowRecipe.asp?ID=1006 . 17 September 2016 . Mixology.com . 26 April 2011.