patxaran

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noun

A reddish-brown sloe liqueur popular in parts of Spain.

OriginBasque patxaran →
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Meanings

nounpatxaran (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA reddish-brown sloe liqueur popular in parts of Spain.

    Patxaran is nothing more than aniseed, liquor, and macerated sloe berries. Some people add coffee beans or cinnamon sticks to their patxaran during maceration, though this considered anathema by patxaran purists and the body that governs its production.

    2018, Marti Buckley, Basque Country: A Culinary Journey Through a Food Lover's Paradise, Artisan Books, →ISBN, page 305

Origin

  1. Basquepatxaran“sloe; sloe liqueur”
  2. Englishpatxaran

From Basque patxaran (“sloe; sloe liqueur”). See Irish airne (“sloe”) for further connections.

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Chicago

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