Winter ice cream
 Intact and bisected winter ice cream cones, showing a poorly filled, cheap variation | |||||||
| Type | Confectionery | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course | Snack | ||||||
| Place of origin | Hungary | ||||||
| Associated cuisine | Hungarian cuisine | ||||||
| Invented | 1970s | ||||||
| Serving temperature | at room temperature or cooled | ||||||
| Main ingredients | |||||||
| Variations | multiple cream flavorings | ||||||
| 160 kcal (670 kJ) | |||||||
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| Other information | Above nutritional values are based on the cheaper, mass-produced variations with buttercream and compound chocolate. | ||||||
Winter ice cream (Hungarian: téli fagylalt [ˈteːli ˈfɒɟlɒlt] or téli fagyi [ˈteːli ˈfɒɟi]) is a Hungarian confectionery similar in appearance to ice cream in a cone, but traditionally having ganache or a similar kind of sweet cream filling with usually a chocolate-cocoa flavoring.[1][2] It gained popularity in the 1970s in communist Hungary,[3] being produced as a winter alternative to "summer" ice creams, which were deemed to be too cold for winter sweets.[2] Apart from grocery shops, it was frequently sold as part of the national railway's catering service (utasellátó).[3] The confectionery's popularity faded in the early 1990s, when, after the end of communism, foreign candy manufacturers and their products appeared on the Hungarian market.[3] However, along with some other snack foods and soft drinks of communist-era Hungary, winter ice cream garnered renewed interest in the late 2000s and 2010s.[4][3][5]
Description[edit]
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Winter ice cream usually consists of a wafer cone with ganache filling in it, with dark chocolate coating being on the flat top of the filling.[3] Cheaper formulations may use cocoa-flavored buttercream instead of ganache for filling and compound chocolate instead of dark chocolate for coating.[3] The confectionery was originally mass-produced to be sold in shops, but it is now also available in pâtisseries, and it can be made at home with various novelty flavorings. Traditionally, the available flavorings were cocoa (kakaós), vanilla (vaníliás), lemon (citromos) and coconut (kókuszos).[3][4]
The mass-produced variants do not require refrigeration while still having a relatively long shelf life (around 2–4 months).[1][6] Originally weighing around 40 g or more, modern mass-produced winter ice creams are around 20–30 g.
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Notes and references[edit]
- ^ a b Robertson, Nick (31 October 2014). "Sweet Things: 13 classic Hungarian candies". WeLoveBudapest.com – Around Budapest. We Love Publishing. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ a b Kutor J., Anna. "Old-School Hungarian Sweets". Taste Hungary. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g Wessely, Márta. "Télifagyi, gyerekkorunk kedvence". Mindmegette.hu – Desszert (in Hungarian). Mediaworks Hungary. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ a b Dzindzisz, Magdalena (5 December 2006). "Válasszon a kommunizmus ízei közül!". Index.hu – Gazdaság (in Hungarian). Index.hu Zrt. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Reitter, Agnes (14 March 2016). "First Marzipan Festival – Retro Sweets – Budapest – 2016". Rolling in Budapest. Author. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Nábelek, Zsófia (11 December 2013). "A téli fagyi is lehet jó". Origo.hu – Táfelspicc (in Hungarian). Origo Zrt. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
External links[edit]
- WeLoveBudapest.com – Sweet Things: 13 classic Hungarian candies Archived 2017-04-03 at the Wayback Machine – Old Hungarian candy products on WeLoveBudapest.com
- Taste Hungary – Old-School Hungarian Sweets Archived 2018-01-01 at the Wayback Machine – Old Hungarian candy products on Taste Hungary