Blanche Saffron Curry

White chocolate with 31% cocoa butter Refined with the most valuable of all spices, Afghan saffron and a hint of Mumbai curry, this chocolate becomes a special treat with its own unique character, refined compositions with spices by Ingo Holland. Here, racy accompaniments are required, preferably noble sweet wines with maturity and melting quality. Our White Chocolate – Blanche Saffron Curry is something very special! One of the most valuable spices in the world is saffron. Saffron from India is used for this delicious Blanche Saffron Curry Chocolate. Another flavor ingredient is the Mumbai curry, which refines the chocolate.    White chocolate is created because not all of the cocoa mass, i.e. the cocoa, is used. Its main ingredients are cocoa butter and sugar. Milk powder and vanilla are also added. Cocoa butter is extracted from cocoa beans. For this purpose, they are roasted, broken and separated from the shells. They are then ground into cocoa mass. The resulting mass is pressed to extract the cocoa butter. In this state it is liquid, but becomes solid when cooled. It is then refined to remove any impurities. The press residue is used to produce the press cake, which is then processed into cocoa powder.    Saffron is one of the most expensive spices in the world. Its use was already around 1000 years ago. 3600 years ago on Crete. The trade in the spice in the Mediterranean was mainly carried out by the Phoenicians. Because it was already a very expensive spice at that time, counterfeits and adulterations of the product arose. This was punished with heavy fines. Saffron was not only used to season food and drinks, but also to dye clothes, especially for rulers. Saffron-colored garments were also intended for gods. At that time, the price of saffron was three times as high as that of pepper. Another area of ​​application was in the medical field. Ointments, medicinal plasters, balms and scented oils containing saffron were produced here. With the Romans up until the 20th century. In the 19th century it was used for bruises or conjunctivitis. It is also said to have nerve-strengthening and mood-enhancing effects. Saffron has been cultivated since the 15th century. Century in Thuringia, but now also in Saxony and the Palatinate. At the beginning of the 20th century. In the 19th century, Austria became the central growing region in Europe. Saffron is also grown in Iran, Afghanistan, Kashmir, southern France, Spain, Morocco, Greece, Turkey, Italy and even Switzerland. The harvest is done by hand. The flowers are picked and then the three stigmas are pulled out of the flower individually. If the flowers are handled too roughly, they will disintegrate and the stigmas will no longer be usable. To produce one kilo of finished saffron, between 150...000 and 200.000 flowers, which requires about 1 hectare of cultivation area. Saffron only blooms once a year for a few weeks. As a result, the price for one gram of this sweet, aromatic spice can vary between 4 and 30 euros. Another important ingredient in this chocolate is curry. Curry is a mixture of different spices. This goes back to the English who came into contact with the local food during the colonization of India. In order not to have to take too much with them on the sea routes, as space was very limited, the ship's cooks used ready-made mixtures of Indian spices. There is evidence that curry was sold in England as early as 1784. Curry can be made from various spices. However, many blends basically contain turmeric, coriander seeds, cumin, black pepper and fenugreek. Ginger, garlic, fennel, cinnamon, cloves, mustard, nutmeg, paprika and other spices can also be added.    This chocolate goes well with sweet wines that are ripe and melt-in-the-mouth, such as Riesling, Trockenbeerenauslese, Ruhrländer or Eiswein. But quince brandy is also delicious with it.    Try our other chocolates with cocoa from the Dominican Republic: Bio Hispanola Vegan Blanche Fruit Rouge Blanche Rose In a gift package with the corresponding wine, this chocolate can serve as an excellent souvenir. They are a welcome present for Father’s Day, Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day. But the chocolates are also an extraordinary idea when packaged under the Christmas tree or in an Easter basket. You can order chocolate and pralines online here in the Schell Chocolates shop. We deliver the chocolates and pralines to the address of your choice. If you wish, you can also have our handcrafted products sent to friends and family. They will certainly be delighted with the exclusive chocolates or delicious pralines. Or stop by our café and enjoy a delicious piece of cake or tart from our in-house pastry shop with an excellent cup of coffee. There we also offer our exclusive chocolates and pralines to take away.