Unicum Recipe
Hungary's jet-black herbal bitters, drunk ice-cold and neat: intensely bitter, resinous and warming.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Old fashioned glass
- ABV: 40%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Unicum (Hungarian herbal liqueur)40 ml
How to Make It
- Keep the bottle in the freezer or the coldest part of the fridge until it is thoroughly chilled.
- Chill a small tumbler or tulip glass as well.
- Pour the Unicum neat, without ice, filling no more than a third of the glass.
- Drink it in one or two sips, as an aperitif or a digestif.
Garnish
None; it is served neat and ice-cold.
The Story
Unicum is Hungary's national herbal liqueur, made by the Zwack family since the late 18th century from a secret blend of dozens of herbs and aged in oak casks. Hungarians take it ice-cold, before or after a meal.
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