My cousin found a recipe from the 1950's my Aunt wrote down.It's for my favorite cookies ,a Calabria Christmas cookie called "turdilli" , they do look like little turds , but the origin of the name is unknown to me...Recipe calls for Muscatel , which used to be a fortified wino wine made with raisin quality grapes,but it did have a lot of flavor , they still sold it when I was young.Only a very few countries bottle a "muscatel" today,and it's not a wino wine. American vintners wouldn't touch the name with a 10 foot pole.So , what should I use ?..I'm thinking a very low proof ( 5% ? ) moscato will be sweet and have some flavor ,it gets boiled down anyway....Second choice would be a sweet Marsala or Vin Santo ???...Any ideas ??
Calabrese TURDILLI
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Maybe a Late Harvest Riesling or other Late Harvest wine. Those are made from grapes left on the vine until they start to dehydrate and become very sweet.
An ice wine (similar to Connie's suggestion above), or maybe a Mead?
seems to be available on line if not in your local store
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...These few "muscatels" that are sold today are not like the old fortified raisin grape muscatels used in the 50's,but may be a good alternative....
you could try contacting Muscatel Ca. chamber of commerce they may be of help it is the major producer of the grape here
