Niederegger - Pistachio Marzipan Pralines in Dark Chocolate 50g

Niederegger traces its story to 1806, when confectioner Johann Georg Niederegger took over a pastry shop in Lübeck, a Hanseatic port whose trade routes delivered almonds from across the Mediterranean. His marzipan, made with far less sugar than that of his rivals, soon drew customers from royal courts. More than two centuries later the company remains family owned, still follows the founder’s recipe, and welcomes visitors to its café and marzipan museum in Lübeck’s old town.

These pralines belong to the Marzipan Classics collection. Niederegger produces its own marzipan base in house, buying top quality Mediterranean almonds that are blanched, peeled, sorted by hand, and ground with sugar before being gently roasted in copper kettles. The traditional ratio is two parts almonds to one part sugar, with no additional sugar added to the marzipan. For this variety, the filling, which makes up 71 percent of each piece, combines 33 percent almonds with 10 percent pistachios before being coated in fine dark chocolate.

A crisp layer of dark chocolate with delicate vanilla notes opens onto soft, moist marzipan. Rich almond flavor and the green, gently sweet character of pistachio blend seamlessly, producing a balanced confection that never tastes overly sugary.