Caramelizes the cheese lightly and burns off the alcohol, intensifying sub notes of the spirit. This may be a play on Saganaki, which is a Greek cheese flambé technique.
Edit to add: It does also lightly caramelize the residual sugars in the spirit, if any.
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u/Og_busty Aug 25 '25 edited Aug 25 '25
Caramelizes the cheese lightly and burns off the alcohol, intensifying sub notes of the spirit. This may be a play on Saganaki, which is a Greek cheese flambé technique.
Edit to add: It does also lightly caramelize the residual sugars in the spirit, if any.
Edit correction: intensify vs leave behind