What is marsala?
Marsala · Italian
Fortified wine from Sicily, dry to sweet. On menus it usually means the nutty, sweet wine sauce in chicken or veal marsala.
What it tastes like
Brown sugar, dried apricot and walnut, sweet or dry, with a slight tang.
Where you’ll see it
Italian-American menus in chicken and veal marsala, zabaglione and tiramisu, and occasionally as a dessert wine.