Chocolate Day of Your Calendar, National Day of Chocolate in Lviv (photo)

Rahim Tabet | 3:58 AM | Creativity | Technology

Coffee drinkers say that our western capital smelling coffee. And as for me, the scent of the city - it's chocolate. Bitter and honey, delicious senseless. This fragrant and sweet and charming, sometimes from a cup of hot pleasure simply impossible to refuse. Moreover, they say the same as that chocolate is the elixir of eternal youth. It would seem that more can be done with chocolate, which itself is perfect. And fantasy master confectioners probably really unlimited. Chocolate in Lviv can be anything - from necklaces, paintings, postcards ... to houses and cars.

Lviv really like chocolate. It appreciates the long tradition of its production, it can serve, talk about it and represent it in art. Nayshokoladnishyy day of the year is here, in. This festival visited by hundreds of tourists. It is then possible to carry out the most pleasant day and literally, fully enjoy the lions.

Lviv chokolyadna history
Those who have been here know that chocolate Lviv is also now called chokolyadkoyu. In fact Lviv sweets have a long history. The first candy stores opened here as long ago as 1803. ITS was Swiss Dominique Andreolli. Philistines came to the institution so often that even some streets where there Confectionery, became known as the name of the owner. Passage Andreolli was on everyone's lips. Subsequently tsukeren in Lviv has increased. They began to produce a variety of sweets and advertise their products in the local newspapers.

A well-known confectioner, who worked in Lviv in the mid-nineteenth century was Leopold Rotlender. He had many students who have also begun to open a confectionery. So much so that on the main street of the city early last century in almost every home housed a small pastry shop, where on-site and made goodies.
Lviv's oldest confectionery factory, founded in 1882, was called "Branca".

Another well-known pastry city (already early twentieth century) was Ludwig Zalewski. He was able to produce so much delicious sweets that even in Warsaw every day waiting for the plane with these products from Ukraine.

Even the Lvov more accustomed to quality and skillfully made desserts. They were each going to a feast to relatives or friends. Walking the streets of ladies evening, carrying in his hands neat pakunochky paper tied with colorful ropes brand. On the rope even cling special kilechko to pakunochok not hit the finger. Shop tsukeren those times were so much beautiful that boys and girls who have completed training in the public schools, made memorable photos on their background.

Later in Lviv opened one of Europe's largest confectionery. They called it "Newspapers". It was a strange word contraction names of two brothers. Founders sweet business name Hamerom and Tsymerom. By the way, after many years of "Newspapers" and the aforementioned "Branca" constitute already known to us "Torch".

It should be noted that the First World War, all who worked confectionery business in Lviv were either Poles or Jews or Germans. One of the first Ukrainian factories was "New Fortune" that produced candy and fudge. The organization noted nationalistic ... yes, even made sweets. Particularly famous was their chocolate series "Sweet History of Ukraine", where the wrappers printed portraits of Ukrainian activists from Vladimir the Great. Specialists in this period of history even say that because of nationalistic stance "New Fortune" was soon forced to cease existence.

In Soviet times in Lviv in fact was already only two confectionery factories (with the characteristic title) - name. Kirov and "Bolshevik". And then the sweet story of continued factory "Torch". Since the 60s the largest Ukrainian relished such famous and to this day chocolates "Helen" and "The Seagull," sweets "Red Poppy", "Forest Song" and "Kara-Kum". Yes, good old "torch" for more than fifty.

How to make chocolate?
Although the majority of master confectioners keep their recipes in strict confidence, and a little peek behind the screen of chocolate art can.
As you know, the main ingredient of the goodies are cocoa beans. First, they carefully roasted, then cooled and sent to a special Winnow machine. There the beans are crushed and separated from the husk. Then everything is carefully milled and heated for cocoa paste. Since it has already obtained two separate products: cocoa powder and cocoa butter. They again poyednayutsya into one, and already with sugar, vanilla and powdered milk (for milk chocolate). And that's not all you need for making delicious chocolates. Our sweet mass yet to undergo such complex stages as conching and tamperuvannya. In simple terms, the first means removing excess moisture and bitterness, and the second - for proper cooling crystallization of cocoa butter. Now chocolate is essentially done and can be converted into a variety of favorite delicacies which form you want.

The main types of chocolate, is a classic, bitter, milk and white. Last many chocolate not think so. But this claim is not justified. Fact cocoa butter in it no less than in other species, only cocoa powder is not.It seems that the kinds of chocolates, there is just a lot. With a variety of fillings, additions, aromas; different colors, flavors and forms. Make them under too many different ways.

Fans of Lviv chocolates know that there is most characteristic species such as marzipan, pralines and truffles. The most important element is the last ganache (mass, which consists of chocolate, cream and sometimes even with oil). A marzipan, it turns out, ground nut with sugar syrup. Praline usually softer for chocolate because they have various impurities, including alcohol. Best candy made by hand.
Nayshokoladnishi days a year

Chocolate people of chocolate, chocolate and watches gallery. Huge chocolate sculptures and tiny chocolate candy. Chocolate in all forms can be seen and enjoyed on City Chocolate Festival in Lviv. It lasts for 3-4 days.

Conducted since 2008. Six years ago at Market Square 200-pound chocolate cake sweet tooth distributed to all who witnessed the birth of festive chocolate tradition.
Every year the event was getting bigger. Number of chocolate eaten at the festival in 2013 reached nine tons.
Behold, this truly spectacular event with interesting and rich artistic program. Musical performances, theater room, master classes from the best chocolatiers, confectioners Amateur Championship.

Reasons to visit the festival is a great deal. Someone pleasure original chocolate drinks that can be enjoyed at the fair; someone agrees to undergo "rehabilitation course chocolate"; someone learn to make their own chocolate desserts. "Chocolate-mail" can be aromatic send a postcard to every corner of the world. And go on a chocolate ball. And moreover, it even conclude marriage and defile chocolate chocolate designer dresses.

Taking part in the sweepstakes, you can even become the owner of the car. And just like children "Children's Chocolate Country", with its edible trees, buildings and even railways. Module to the trains that can be registered, kids can make their own, if not offended in the process).
 

For those going on the road:
This year's Chocolate Festival is scheduled for October 17-19. Then the City Palace of the Arts promises to turn into a palace of chocolate.
To get to the event, you must purchase a special "ShokoKartku." Price - 15 € / day / person. The cost of child ticket - 5 € / day / person.

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