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search For other uses, see Amaretto (disambiguation). Not to be
confused with Amoretto. Bottles of amaretto liqueur.  Amaretto
is a sweet, almond-flavoured, Italian liqueur. It is made from a
base of apricot pits or almonds, sometimes both.[1]    The name
is a diminutive of the Italian amaro, meaning "bitter,"
indicating the distinctive flavour lent by the mandorla
amara—the bitter almond or the drupe kernel. However, the
bitterness is not unpalatable, and the flavour is enhanced by
sweeteners, and sometimes sweet almonds, in the final
products.[2] Therefore, the liqueur's name can be said to
describe the taste as "a little bitter". Conflation of amaro and
amore ("love") is primarily responsible for the associations
with romance.[3] Amaretto should not be confused with amaro, a
different family of Italian liqueurs that, while also sweetened,
have a stronger bitter flavour from herbs.   Despite the known
history on the introduction and acceptance of al