‘It looked like a pour-on morello sauce from a jar, gooey and without taste.’
‘Later in summer, we might get a glimpse of the bitter morello variety, used for cooking and preserving.’
‘He also finds the morellos to be simultaneously sweeter and more astringent.’
‘To find some near you, ask at fruit farms and farmers’ markets, and quiz anyone you know who's a keen gardener - most morellos grown in the UK are to be found in back gardens.’
‘Treasured as an ingredient in baking, morellos are mostly found canned or dried.’
Origen
Mid 17th century from Italian morello ‘blackish’, from medieval Latin morellus, diminutive of Latin Maurus ‘Moor’.
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