Mini topping AMARENA 225g FABBRI

Fabbri's Amarena Topping is a sweet sauce made with amarena wild cherries, designed for decorating ice cream and desserts. Fabbri 1905, the Bologna firm whose amarena cherries come in the blue and white ceramic jar, makes it at its plant in Anzola dell'Emilia. The recipe has 15% wild cherry juice and pulp, with a vegetable concentrate of sweet potato, apple, radish and cherry for colour. The 165 ml squeeze bottle holds 225 g and has a pouring cap. The front carries gluten-free and palm-oil-free claims and a vegan logo.

This is a topping sauce, runnier than a jam and with no whole fruit: if you want whole cherries, the same house sells amarena cherries in syrup. Shake it before use, then drizzle it over a scoop of vanilla or fior di latte ice cream, a panna cotta, a cheesecake or a crêpe. In Italy a few drops go into an affogato or an iced coffee, as the bottle suggests. It also livens up Greek yoghurt or sits next to a mature cheese on a board.

Keep the bottle closed at room temperature; the best-before date is on the cap. You will also find it on the shelves of our shop, 58 rue Tiquetonne, Paris.