Cantares de Portugal Licor de Bolacha Maria

Cantares de Portugal Licor de Bolacha Maria is a cream liqueur from Portugal, built around the flavour of Bolacha Maria, the traditional butter biscuit loved across the country for generations. It sits at 15%, a soft, nostalgic dessert liqueur made from natural ingredients to a recipe that captures the biscuit in liquid form. As a cream liqueur it is a dairy emulsion, sweet and rounded rather than spirit forward.

The nose is warm and inviting with butter biscuit, vanilla, milk and caramel, and the palate is creamy and harmonious, intense Bolacha Maria over fine vanilla, sweet cream and a hint of caramel, closing long, mild and smooth with pastry notes. Behind the bar it is a dessert and body ingredient: it adds biscuit sweetness and dairy richness to creamy cocktails, stands in for cream in an Espresso Martini riff, and pairs with cheesecake, tiramisu or crème brûlée. It pours neat, lightly chilled or over ice. As a dairy product, keep it cool once opened and use it within a few months.