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Dear sweet tooth, we hasten to please you with the expansion of the range of our sweets. Now you can buy new marzipan! Try ZENTIS MARZIPAN KARTOFFELN marzipan potatoes and MARZIPAN BROT ZENTIS chocolate covered marzipan bread. Both are of exceptional quality, because they are produced by the German company Zentis.
German marzipan is considered one of the best, and Germany itself defends its primacy in the invention of this delicacy. Several confectionery factories in Germany produce up to 40 tons of marzipan per year. The city of Lubeck is considered the capital of the marzipan business. There, marzipan continues to be made according to old recipes, which are kept secret.
However, France and Estonia, Spain, Italy and many other countries argue with Germany for the right to be considered the inventors of marzipan. Now it is difficult to imagine that once this delicacy was invented completely by accident. In German, the word "marzipan" means "March bread" or "March loaf".
Italians insist on their version of the appearance of marzipan, telling how, in a lean year, people had no choice but to add chopped almonds to bread instead of wheat flour. Resourceful Italians kneaded dough for bread and pizza on ground almonds, and also made sweets. Over the centuries, the recipe was improved until marzipan was born in the form in which we know it - sweet almond paste. However, this version is told in its own way in each country related to the production of marzipan.
According to another legend, described in the book of the Estonian writer J. Kross “Mart's bread”, a chemist's apprentice, a boy named Mart, once added almonds and sugar to a bitter medicine to make it tastier. Hence, they say, this name has gone. The almond medicine got the patient on his feet so quickly that this recipe was quickly adopted. Marzipan has been used to treat migraines and other ailments.
This is not surprising, since only 20 almonds contain a daily dose of vitamin E. As a powerful antioxidant, it reduces nervous tension and makes us more resistant to stress. Almonds contain a whole periodic table. It helps with headaches and insomnia, it is taken for gastritis, it helps to cleanse the body of toxins, strengthens blood vessels, stimulates the production of male hormones, in a word, it is a real benefit!
But it is unlikely that marzipan would become so popular if it were just useful. Marzipan is incredibly delicious. The unique aroma of almonds, oiliness and sweetness are perfectly combined in it, creating a special, incomparable taste.
Confectioners have developed hundreds of recipes where marzipan is mixed with rose water or liqueur, cognac or rum. Oranges and lemon zest, pineapples, pine nuts and apricot seeds are added to marzipan. Marzipan is doused with chocolate, sprinkled with cocoa or coconut, or eaten neat to enjoy its perfectly balanced flavor.
More than 200 kinds of marzipan sweets are sold in the cafe at the marzipan museum in the German city of Lubeck, where a real pilgrimage is arranged before Christmas. By the way, both in Italian and in German the word "marzipan" sounds the same as in our language. Therefore, even without knowledge of foreign languages, you can buy these sweets while abroad.
Be sure to visit this museum with your children when you travel around Europe, but in the meantime, you can buy marzipan in our Coffeeynya. Do not forget that we have a delivery service, and we can help you make a pleasant surprise for your family and friends.
What is marzipan? It is a mixture of ground almonds and powdered sugar in varying proportions. The more almonds in marzipan, the more expensive the delicacy will be. In good marzipan, a third or a quarter of the total is pure almonds.
They say that the secret of "that very marzipan", which was kept in the strictest confidence, has been discovered. For 100 sweet almond nuts, add 1 bitter nut. Bitter almonds give marzipan their bright aroma. In this proportion, the amygdalin contained in bitter almonds cannot harm the body, and the aroma of marzipan will be simply divine.
In Europe, it is impossible to imagine a New Year's holiday without marzipan. Thanks to the incredible plasticity of sweet almond paste, all kinds of figures are formed from it. A month before the celebration of Christmas, shop windows in Germany, Austria, Hungary are decorated with festive characters sculpted from marzipan. Neither Easter nor Valentine's Day is complete without marzipan figurines. Therefore, for many, the taste of marzipan and the feeling of a holiday, a child's expectation of a miracle and magic are inseparable. Try our new products "ZENTIS MARZIPAN KARTOFFELN" and "MARZIPAN BROT ZENTIS" and let the holiday into your home!
