Schell Raspberry Almonds 100g

Chocolate-Coated Almonds – Raspberry Almonds

Almonds with white chocolate, raspberries, and red pepper. Enjoy our raspberry almonds chilled with a glass of rosé.

Our Chocolate-Coated Almonds – Raspberry Almonds are a truly special treat.

The Chocolate-Coated Almonds – Raspberry Almonds are roasted before dragéeing to unlock their full flavor. By heating, they lose water and can therefore crack open. For this reason, the almonds are sorted by hand to remove damaged nuts. Otherwise, these would break during dragéeing.

The remaining almonds are then slowly coated, layer by layer, with white chocolate. Once the desired layer thickness is achieved, a powder of dried raspberries and Indian pepper is added, which coats the almonds and gives them a pink shimmer. However, the pungency of the red pepper should not be underestimated.

The almond grows in tree or shrub form, which can reach between 8 and 11 meters in height. Its average age is up to 80 years, but it can live up to 150 years. Its pink blossoms appear from January to April. The almond itself is contained within the ripe drupe, consequently the seed. This forms from the pollinated flower. Almonds are harvested in September.

The almond is divided into three varieties: sweet almonds, paper-shell almonds, and bitter almonds. Each almond variety has its own advantages. For sweet almonds, the skin is often removed by blanching. They are used for baked goods and desserts, decoration, filling olives, making marzipan, liqueurs, and candied almonds, as well as for raw consumption. Bitter almonds, however, are not intended to be eaten raw, as they contain a high proportion of amygdalin, which can be converted into prussic acid and is therefore fatal in certain quantities. Often, only its oil is used for flavoring. The paper-shell almond, on the other hand, has an easy-to-crack shell, which is popular during the Christmas season.

Almonds have now been cultivated for over 4000 years. Originally native to Asian countries, they were brought to the Mediterranean region by the Arabs. The wild almond was also poisonous until it was cultivated. It is now primarily cultivated in California, the Mediterranean region, and in Pakistan and Iran. In France, certain almond varieties are also planted in smaller quantities, as well as in Spain and Italy.

The fruit involved is the raspberry. It is proven to have been one of the fruit varieties that could ensure survival as early as the Stone Age. It has been known as a medicinal plant since antiquity and was therefore cultivated in many monasteries during the Middle Ages. The wild raspberry originates from the northern regions of North America and Europe, as well as Western Siberia. It can also be found in many mountain ranges. Through further cultivation of the plants, raspberries are now also grown in temperate zones of Europe and Russia. Depending on the variety, up to two harvests per year are possible. They are used for jellies, jams, juice, as a cake topping, or simply for eating. For the raspberry almonds, the fruits are harvested, freeze-dried, and then ground into powder.

A chilled rosé wine can be recommended as a suitable drink here.

In a gift package with the appropriate wine or spirit, these raspberry almonds can serve as an excellent present. For Father's Day, Mother's Day, or Valentine's Day, they are a welcome gift. But also wrapped under the Christmas tree or in an Easter basket, the almonds are an exceptional idea.

Ingredients

• Almonds
• Coating: white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter 31% minimum, skimmed milk powder, whole milk powder, emulsifier: soy lecithin, vanilla extract)
• Raspberries 0.2%
• Indian pepper
• May contain traces of milk and tree nuts
• Artisan single production