Sweets "Mozart" - a real pleasure for gourmets

The sweets "Mozart" gained popularity due to its exceptional taste and exclusive execution. And indeed, such a dessert is usually presented in the form of a presentation or exhibited on a festive table. Firstly, it is the merit of its unique recipe and price (for us it starts from 400 rubles for a two-hundred-gram set), and secondly, these sweets still do not lie on the shelves of our stores.

There is an opinion that you can buy real Mozart sweets only in their historical homeland - in the city of Salzburg (Austria), and everything that is sold in our supermarkets is a fake. This is not true: for today sweets are successfully exported to the 50 largest countries of the world. Therefore, you can buy an original product almost everywhere, you just need to know the distinctive features of this confectionery masterpiece. Also it is worth considering that for real "Mozart" sweets the price can not be too affordable: in the cafe you will be served a handmade candy for 5 euros, and a bonbonniere in the store can be purchased in just 4.

The birthplace of sweets "Mozart"

The history of sweets started back in 1890. Exactly one hundred years after the death of the great composer, confectioner Paul Furst, invented this marzipan-chocolate creation. In general, Salzburg is famous for the fact that a great composer was born, lived, created and ended his days. To this day, the townspeople carefully store the memory of it and proudly demonstrate everything connected with the life and work of the genius. So, in the city you can find a lot of souvenirs, spirits, liqueurs, hotels, street names with his name. And even the local airport is called "VA Mozart."

Sweets - the most popular and world-famous Austrian brand, which in Salzburg, of course, can be purchased at almost every step. "Mozart" sweets by its recipe is quite simple: it is a ground nut mixture mixed with sugar syrup and generously bathed in a delicious composition of bitter and milk chocolate. Since Paul Furst and all his followers have not bothered to patent their creation, a lot of various fakes continue to appear on the market. Not to be mistaken with the choice is easiest, of course, in the Salzburg itself. But here it is more profitable to buy sweets not in the numerous registered shops, which are mainly intended for tourists, but on the Market Square. The quality of the Mozart sweets is the same there, and the price is much lower.

Real sweets "Mozart"

Buying sweets outside of Austria even in specialty stores, you may be surprised that they may taste different. All this is a consequence of the fact that the recipe was not patented, and therefore each manufacturer adds its ingredients to the delicacy, the candy also has a quality mark and a mandatory inscription: echte Mozartkugeln, which translates as "real Mozart sweets." The basic firms-manufacturers of sweets:

• Mozartkugel Mirabell;
• Reber;
• Holzermayr;
• Hofbauer;
• Fürst.

By purchasing sweets from these companies, you can be sure that you are paying for Austrian quality, and the taste will not disappoint you. Such sweets can have a red, yellow or silver packing with an unchanged profile of the great composer on the package. In addition to the various ingredients used by the pastry cooks, the taste may differ from one manufacturer due to the fact that each of them produces several types of sweets. For example, in the candy "Reber" ("Mozart") it is customary to add fruit liqueur, which makes the taste a little bit tart.

Historical Original

The real Mozart sweets are always hand made at the confectionery in Salzburg, which is called the inventor of the dessert Paul Furst. Such products always have a round shape and a silver-blue package. Their availability is much lower than that of other manufacturers, and the price is several times higher. The original sweet "Mozart" is produced according to the classic recipe, which has remained unchanged for the second century.

Formulation

Ingredients used in the production of sweets:

• Cocoa, refined sugar, milk powder, cocoa butter, a mixture of nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios), vegetable fat, cream, wheat flour.

Also sweet "Mozart" can contain alcohol, cherry syrup or berries, orange or pineapple candied fruits, rice air, honey, natural flavors.

Thanks to a hundred years of experience and the efforts of Austrian confectioners, this delicacy can rightfully be called an exclusive and exquisite souvenir. Sweets chocolate "Mozart" have an amazing taste in all its diversity.