It is a liqueur produced through the distillation of wine, also known as “burning wine” or “wine of fire”, as its name is an abbreviation of the Dutch word brandewijn, that just has that meaning. It has its origins in the Netherlands whose discovery was thanks to a Dutch scientist in the sixteenth century. It serves as a digestive. The brandy is usually used to deglaze a frying pan. When flaming desserts, most of the alcohol evaporates, leaving only the flavor of this liquor.

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