The Mozart candy gained popularity due to its exceptional taste and exclusive performance. Indeed, it is customary to present such a dessert in the form of a presentation or put it on a festive table. Firstly, it is a merit of its unique recipe and price (with 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 fake. This is not so: today sweets are successfully exported to the 50 largest countries in the world. Therefore, you can buy an original product almost everywhere, you only need to know the distinguishing features of this confectionery masterpiece. It is also worth considering that for real Mozart sweets the price may not be too affordable: in a cafe you will be served a handmade candy for 5 euros, and a bonbonniere in the store can be purchased for only 4.
Homeland of sweets "Mozart"
The history of sweets began back in 1890. Exactly one hundred years after the death of the great composer, confectioner Paul Fürst invented this marzipan-chocolate creation. In general, Salzburg is known for being born, lived, created and finished its days as a great composer. To this day, the townspeople cherish the memory of him and proudly demonstrate everything related to the life and work of a genius. So, in the city you can find many souvenirs, perfumes, liquors, hotels, street names with his name. And even the local airport is called "V.A. Mozart."
Sweets are the most popular and world-famous Austrian brand, which in Salzburg, of course, can be purchased at almost every step. The Mozart candy according to its recipe is quite simple: it is a crushed nut mixture mixed with sugar syrup and generously filled with a delicious composition of bitter and milk chocolate. Since Paul Fürst and all his followers did not bother to patent his creation, many different fakes continue to appear on the market. Not to be mistaken with the choice is easiest, of course, in Salzburg itself. But here it is more profitable to buy sweets not in numerous registered shops, designed mainly for tourists, but on the Market Square. The quality of the Mozart candies is the same there, but the price is much lower.
Real Mozart sweets
Purchasing sweets outside Austria even in specialized stores, you may be surprised that their taste may vary. All this is a consequence of the fact that the recipe was not patented, which is why each manufacturing company adds its own ingredients to the treat, while sweets also have a quality mark and a mandatory inscription: echte Mozartkugeln, which translates as “real Mozart sweets”. The main manufacturers of sweets:
- Mozartkugel Mirabell;
- Reber
- Holzermayr;
- Hofbauer;
- Furst.
Buying sweets from these companies, you can be sure that you pay for the Austrian quality, and the taste will not disappoint you. Such sweets can have red, yellow or silver packaging with an invariable profile of the great composer on the package. In addition to the various ingredients used by confectioners, the taste may differ from one manufacturer due to the fact that each of them makes several varieties of sweets. For example, it is customary to add fruit liqueur to "Ribs" ("Mozart") sweets, which makes their taste a little tart.
Historical original
Real Mozart sweets are always made by hand at the confectionery factory in Salzburg, named after the inventor of dessert Paul Fürst. Such products always have a round shape and silver-blue packaging. Their availability is much lower than that of goods from other manufacturing companies, and the price is several times higher. The original Mozart candy is made according to the classic recipe, which has remained unchanged for the second century.
Recipe
The ingredients used in the manufacture of sweets:
- cocoa, refined sugar, milk powder, cocoa butter, a mixture of nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios), vegetable fat, cream, wheat flour.
Also, Mozart candy may contain alcohol, cherry syrup or berries, candied orange or pineapple, puffed rice, honey, natural flavors.
Thanks to the centuries of experience and the efforts of Austrian confectioners, this delicacy can rightfully be called an exclusive and exquisite souvenir. Chocolate candies "Mozart" have an amazing taste in all its diversity.