The Amarena cherry ( it, amarena)
cherry grown in
Bologna
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and
Modena, two cities of
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. It is usually bottled in syrup and used as a decoration on rich chocolate desserts.
The Amarena is a variety of the ''
Prunus cerasus
''Prunus cerasus'' (sour cherry, tart cherry, or dwarf cherry) is a species of ''Prunus'' in the subgenus '' Cerasus'' (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia. It is closely related to the sweet cherry (''Prunus avium''), but ha ...
'' developed by Gennaro Fabbri who was born in 1869 in Bologna, Italy. His wife, Rachele, took over an old general store in
Portomaggiore, which was near a wild black cherry orchard. She picked the cherries and
cooked them in sugar in copper pots. To thank his wife for the treat, he bought a ceramic jar from Riccardo Gatti, an artist from
Faenza. The white and blue ceramic jar was then used to sell the syrup and start a small company.
He started commercial production of cherry related products in 1905 under the Fabbri brand. The Fabbri company is still family owned,
[ and produces a number of natural cherry pastries, syrups,]
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Cherry cultivars
Sour cherries
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