Strega (liqueur)

Strega or Liquore Strega is an Italian herbal liqueur, which since 1860 by the Distillery Strega Alberti Benevento SpA in Benevento, Campania is made. Its yellow color is replaced by the liquor through the use of saffron. Strega has an alcohol content of 40 vol - %. Among the approximately 70 different ingredients including mint and fennel. Strega is a digestif, so you drink it after eating.

Strega sees the Galliano similar, even though the yellow does not work quite as strong. It is a slightly sweet, not too strict liqueur with a full, complex flavor with distinct mint or coniferous notes. Strega is also used to flavor a cake specialty, the Torta Caprese used.

Origin of the name

Strega is the Italian word for witch and witches after a legend in the field of Benevento can be traced back to the time of the Lombard invasion of Africa, this name was a logical choice. In the English -speaking world it is called this liqueur and the witch ( the witch ).

Literature Prize Premio Strega

The Premio Strega ( Strega literary award ) is the most prestigious literary award in Italy today. It was launched in 1947 by Guido Alberti, the then owner of the company, and his friends, the writer Maria Bellonci and her husband Goffredo.

Occurrence in literature and film

In the film, made ​​under the direction of Jon Favreau Ricky is ( Vince Vaughn ) after he ordered a Strega in an Italian restaurant, Ruiz ( Sean " P. Diddy" Combs), his gang boss chewed out by saying, " You order a witch after eating? Bad style! " The waiter agrees Ruiz, Strega was an appetizer. Both waiters and Ruiz are wrong.

In the novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo drink Corleone Don Vito and his colleagues several times Strega.

In the soap opera Days of Our Lives the villain Stefano DiMera drinks also Strega.