kirsch
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9.9
A clear alcoholic drink made from black cherries used in cooking and drinking
- noun
- /kɪrʃ/
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kirsch
- For a rich chocolate cake, add 2 tablespoons of kirsch to enhance the flavor.
- Kirsch brandy
- kirsch (cherry)
- splash of kirsch
Examples
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MARGUERITE: Combine the milk, sugar, vanilla, eggs, kirsch and salt.
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I drank kirsch steadily.
Fiction book (1999) -
She is has just come back from a Tupperware party where the waitress, the Hostess put too much kirsch in the punch.
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Schwartzwalder kirsch torte.
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The chef recommended using kirsch to deglaze the pan after searing the meat.
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To make the dessert more sophisticated, drizzle some kirsch over the poached pears.
Synonyms
brandy
vskirsch
106
2.7
A strong alcoholic drink made from wine or fruit juice and often aged in wood
is a clear unaged spirit made from black morello cherries for cooking or drinking
How Sweet
kirsch
1
9.9
1
9.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kirsch comes from the German word Kirsche, which means 'cherry', and from Kirschwasser, 'cherry water', the old name for a clear cherry brandy. So kirsch is a clear brandy made from cherries and is often used to give a real cherry flavor to cakes and drinks.