There are many types of chocolates in the heart of the wine, but do you know what kind of wine is in the heart of the wine, and what is the purpose of pouring the heart into the chocolate?
When it comes to wine heart chocolate, it may not be a new thing in your eyes, but pushing back the time by twenty or thirty years, wine heart chocolate wrapped in exquisite paper boxes or embossed tin foil was a popular gift at that time. Chocolate in the shape of a small bottle, gently bite open the "bottleneck" to taste the soft liquor, followed by the sweet taste of chocolate...
Who invented the chocolate? This is a problem that can make European countries scramble. It is well documented that in 1912, Belgian chocolate merchant Jean Neuhaus was the first to invent the sandwich chocolate "Praline", unlike other European countries of almond sandwich pastries, Belgium's "Praline" pioneered the history of adding various ingredients as a sandwich to chocolate: nuts, caramel, coffee, cherries, but also a variety of spirits and liqueurs.
The shape of the chocolate also breaks through the original square or spherical shape, as well as the new shapes such as flakes and hearts that reflect the creativity of craftsmen.
Neuhaus's Praline filled chocolates
One of the reasons why traditional chocolate uses spirits is to extend the shelf life, and on the other hand, because the chocolate itself is fragrant, the taste of the spirits will not be suppressed by the chocolate.
However, with the increase in chocolate professionals and the development of thermal insulation technology, more and more new varieties have emerged to make chocolate with low-grade liqueurs or brewed wines. For example, M.O.F master Philippe Bel launched in 2009 at the chocolate industry's largest festival, Salon du Chocolat, completely with a simple shape and rich taste, adding raspberry, lemon, pear, citrus, verbena and other low-grade liqueurs while also increasing the content of cocoa butter in chocolate, so that the two can be perfectly integrated.
Therefore, the wine heart chocolate of the market vendors is already all-encompassing. It can be said that as long as you can think of the wine, it can be made into a sugar-coated wine heart and wrapped in chocolate as shown below.
Classify chocolate with the commonly used liquor classification method:
Brewing wine: Made from grain or fruit fruits, fermented and filtered or pressed. Generally, the degree is low, such as beer, sake, wine, Cidre brewed with apple stock solution, etc. In chocolate making and baking, the most commonly used wines are Madeira wine and Marsala wine, two fortified wines from Portugal and Italy, respectively.
Beer heart chocolate is also available, and major Japanese brewers have launched beer chocolate. However, the usual practice is not to be sugar-coated in a liquid state, but to make a beer jelly and then wrap it with a layer of chocolate.
Distilled spirits: The fermentation broth is extracted after distillation, and it is first used in wine heart chocolate due to its high alcohol content. In addition, distilled spirits will have a strong aroma. Since the distilled volatile components are concentrated, these components react with each other to enhance their aroma and are suitable for soaking fruits. Because of its strong aromaticity, various rum types are also the most commonly used in baking and chocolate making.
Liqueur: Add sugar to the spirit to give it a sweet taste, or add extracts such as the roots and seeds of fruits and plants to make it fragrant. A variety of distinctive Cointreau (citrus flavor), Curacao (citrus flavor), Amaretto (almond flavor), Campari (vanilla flavor) and so on are commonly used in baking and chocolate making.
Does chocolate get drunk?
According to relevant information, the current marketed liquor chocolate, each contains about 4 ml of liquor, in general, if you eat 1-2 liquor hearts, the intake of human liquor is only 4-8 ml, it is not surprising.
Then you must want to ask: Is eating wine heart chocolate a drunk driver?
Don't touch the wine glass before driving, there's no doubt about it. The Provisions on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses for drunk driving are as follows:
There are two types of drunk driving: alcohol content of 20mg/100ml but less than 80mg/100ml, which belongs to drunk driving; alcohol content of 80mg/100ml, belongs to drunk driving. Currently, drinking and driving is an offence and driving drunk is a crime.
There is still a certain amount of alcohol in the heart chocolate, eat a few more and get on the road immediately, it is likely to be detected as drunk driving!