Vin Cotto

Vin Cotto: Puglia and Calabria's Sweet Cooking Syrups

Vin Cotto is a traditional Southern Italian syrup made by slowly reducing fig, grape, or grape must into a rich, dark condiment. It's a Christmas kitchen staple, especially for dipping Cartellate, the fried honey-drizzled pastries of Puglia, but it's just as good drizzled over gelato or worked into cookies and desserts.

• Cotto di Fichi (Fig Vin Cotto) from Puglia, made from sun-dried figs
• Fig Vin Cotto (Fig Molasses) from Calabria, made from Dottato figs
• Grape Vin Cotto from Calabria, made from cooked Calabrian grape must

Product of Puglia and Calabria, Italy.