Liquor Cabinet

— Issue No. 64 —

Faretti Biscotti Famosi

Far­ret­ti Bis­cot­ti Famosi liqueur is made in the Trenti­no region of North­ern Italy where they still bake their bis­cot­ti cook­ies in rus­tic brick ovens. Sounds like a hid­den part of heav­en I’ve yet to find.

Just like the tra­di­tion­al twice baked cook­ie, this liqueur’s recipe is based off of nuts, anise, cit­rus and caramel. The base is of vod­ka and it is sweet­ened with beet sug­ar. I’m not sure how this liqueur is craft­ed because there isn’t much on the web, but it gen­uine­ly tastes like liq­uid bis­cot­ti.

If you are a pas­try chef or a barista this bot­tle needs to be on your radar. How­ev­er, you don’t have to be a pro­fes­sion­al to enjoy Faret­ti. If you like bis­cot­ti with your cof­fee, but don’t always have a batch handy, try adding an ounce or two to your cof­fee for a fix with a kick.

Sells for under $30 a bot­tle and is a won­der­ful hol­i­day gift idea.

Mamma Faretti

This cock­tail is made using Faret­ti Bis­cot­ti Famosi.

  • 1 1/2 oz espres­so (does­n’t need to be chilled)
  • 1 oz of Faret­ti Bis­cot­ti Famosi
  • 3/4 oz lemon infused vod­ka

Add all ingre­di­ents in a shak­er tin with ice. Shake and strain in to a chilled cock­tail glass. There are plen­ty of excel­lent gar­nish­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties with this. I pre­fer one of the fol­low­ing:

  • shaved dark choco­late or espres­so bean
  • grat­ed nut­meg
  • brown or turbina­do sug­ar rim

14 Notes on “Faretti Biscotti Famosi”

  1. Where did you buy this it sounds amaz­ing? Know of any dis­trib­u­tors that might post to Aus­tralia?

  2. I have a bot­tle of this and some peo­ple are turned off by the anise fla­vor. It would­n’t be a tra­di­tion­al Ital­ian cook­ie fla­vor if it did­n’t have anise though. It reminds me of us wak­ing up to grand­ma’s anise fla­vored pitzels and fritel­li. Best break­fast a kid could ask for.

  4. Tim, your best bet is to go to a qual­i­ty liquor store near­by and ask them to order it for you. Then you will have your bis­cot­ti in liq­uid form!

  6. Glad you have fond mem­o­ries of wak­ing up to the smells of Grand­ma’s kitchen. Why haven’t I received a bot­tle of this liqueur as a gift from you or your broth­er yet?
    If I had grand­chil­dren I could be mak­ing mem­o­ries for them. Just say­ing!!!
    Love you a bunch!!

  10. what city is the Bis­cot­ti made in and do they do tours, going to North­ern Italy in Sept and would love to vis­it factory,city,etc Thanks, H. Leach

  11. I recent­ly was diag­nosed with Celi­ac dis­ease, which means I can­not have any gluten. I was try­ing to find out if Faret­ti Bis­cot­ti Famosi has gluten or is it gluten free.
    Thanks!

  12. Hey Paul — I tried to do some dig­ging and also reached out to the Faret­ti Bis­cot­ti Famosi dis­trib­u­tors for an answer to your ques­tion. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, I haven’t heard back. I would err on the side of cau­tion and bet that it isn’t gluten-free. If I find out any­thing dif­fer­ent, I will let you know!

  13. Could please tell me if Faret­ti Bis­cot­ti Famosi Liqueur Gluten Free.
    Thank you, Karen

  14. No sci­en­tif­ic basis for my response. I’m celi­ac, this past Sat­ur­day had a con­firmed gluten free day. Capped off din­ner with 2 glass­es of this won­der­ful liquor — had the worst diges­tive night ever. Must have gobs of gluten.

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