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I am having Calvados tonight with apple pie for dessert. Calvados is an apple brandy from Normandy, France. I usually add just a little water to open up the flavor. It goes great with apple pie.
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Calvados (Original Post)
Dirty Socialist
Nov 2019
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Calvados is a beautiful department and yes, the are apple orchards EVERYWHERE!
CurtEastPoint
Nov 2019
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CurtEastPoint
(18,644 posts)1. Calvados is a beautiful department and yes, the are apple orchards EVERYWHERE!
And the cider is absolutely magnificent, too.
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)2. Didn't know there was cider from there
I thought most hard cider was from Western England
CurtEastPoint
(18,644 posts)3. I'm no expert but I do remember having it several times while there...
and it was delicious. When I got home (Atlanta) I tried to find French ciders and as I recall had not much luck; mostly English and it just wasn't the same.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)4. Pommeau
Appertif made of cider and calva. Yum.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)5. Seems like everyone in France knows someone who makes homemade calvados
All Ive had was quite good.