Cordial (candy)
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| Type | Confectionery |
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| Main ingredients | Fruit, invertase, chocolate |
| 150 (calories may vary depending on brand) | |
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A cordial is a type of confection in which liquid filling is placed within a chocolate shell. A well known confectionery of this type is the cherry cordial (a type of chocolate-covered cherry).
History
[edit | edit source]In Latin, “cor” means heart, and cordial refers to a medicine tonic that stimulates the heart and circulatory system. By the 1400s in England, cordial was used to improve digestion and soothe the stomach. In the 1700s, a French confection called “griottes” started appearing. These candies were made with “long-stalked sour cherries in chocolate with a little kirsch.”[1] The cordial and griottes cherries made their way to America, where they were combined to create the cherry cordial.[1]
Process
[edit | edit source]The liquid center found in some cordials is made using invertase to hydrolyze sucrose in the filling, a process that can take up to two weeks. This makes it a requirement to age the cordials in storage before consuming them to ensure the filling has become liquid. Some fillings include cherry, strawberry, raspberry and blueberry.[2][3]
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of chocolate-covered foods
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References
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- ^ LaBau, Elizabeth. What is Invertase? Archived 2015-04-06 at the Wayback Machine About.com. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
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