Cordial (candy)
Encyclopedia
A cordial is a type of confection in which a fruit
filling is placed within a chocolate
shell. A well known confectionery of this type is the cherry cordial.
to hydrolyze sucrose in the filling, a process which can take up to two weeks.
Fruit
In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...
filling is placed within a chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...
shell. A well known confectionery of this type is the cherry cordial.
Process
The liquid center found in some cordials is made using invertaseInvertase
Invertase is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose . The resulting mixture of fructose and glucose is called inverted sugar syrup. Related to invertases are sucrases. Invertases and sucrases hydrolyze sucrose to give the same mixture of glucose and fructose...
to hydrolyze sucrose in the filling, a process which can take up to two weeks.