A praline is a piece of candy with a chocolate layer surrounded, that different fillings can have. The most usual is a fill based on nuts, praline, or on the basis of room, a ganache. Other possibilities are marzipan, Praline, nougat or dried fruit. Pralines are sometimes filled with spirits, liqueur particular. The praline is a specialty of Belgium, and in particular of the city of Brussels. A praline is actually a specific bonbon, a chocolate bonbon with a stuffing. Some of the larger Belgian brands are Leonidas, with Godiva and Neuhaus Pierre Draps. Also in Netherlands are artisanal chocolates (there often called bonbons) is created. Probably is the inventor of the praline Jean Neuhaus. He was a Swiss pharmacist’s son that in Belgium a confectionery was started in the Brussels Reine. His family made sweets with a medical operation for many years. In 1912, he made the first filled chocolate bonbon. He gave the name praline, a name that already knows a longer past. The Cook of Cesar de Choiseul, Comte de Plessis-Praslin (1598-1675), a Marshal, Minister and diplomat under King Louis XIV in the 17th century, already made a chocolate bonbon without, however, the typical fill of the current praline. The word Praline is derived from his name (Praslin). Luxury pralines are still hand-made craft, but the vast majority of pralines come from a factory today. There are roughly two methods to make a praline: 1. With a liquid filling: First, warm chocolate in a shape cast. Once the chocolate is solidified, it arises a bowl. That has the form of the bonbon, but upside down. This dish is filled with the liquid, such as liqueur. Herein after referred to as the Bowl covered with a layer of melted chocolate. When this layer is solidified, the praline is also ready. 2. With a soft (layered) fill: first, a flat layer of chocolate, just a few millimeters thick, created. Here is the filling over it. These are one or more layers. Now the whole cut into cubes (or any other form). The various dishes are topped with chocolate and when also this outer layer is solidified, pralines are ready.
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