The queen of Scoccia’s recipe is the bitter orange peel, also called Citrus Aurantium, imported to Sicily after the year 1000 by the Arabs.
The tales about citrus fruits and their origins link the lands of the Far East of the Mediterranean: it seems that the fruit, also known as melangolo, was an ancient hybrid probably between pomelo and mandarin from Southeast Asia.
According to the most reliable historical reconstruction, it seems that thanks to the Islamic expansion in the Mediterranean, but also thanks to the Crusades and, finally, the discovery of America, this fruit has spread from the slopes of the Himalayas to California, passing through Sicily.
The fragrant peel of the freshly peeled bitter orange is loaded with notes that evoke the land of Sicily and is mainly used for the extraction of essential oils. The latters boast particular medicinal properties and are ideal to prepare alcoholic beverages.
The recipe handed down to us by our ancestors enriches the infusion of peel with a mix of fine, freshly picked bittering herbs that give the Amaro Scoccia an elegant, distinctive flavor that lingers in the mouth.
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