Ptasie mleczko
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To be distinguished from Lapte de pasăre, a Romanian desert.
Ptasie mleczko (Polish) or Птичье молоко (Ptichye Moloko) (Russian) (translated as bird's milk[1]) is a kind of Polish and Russian confection. They are chocolate covered marshmallow/soufflé type candies made of milk.[1]
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[edit] Development in Poland
In Poland, E. Wedel Company first developed its Ptasie mleczko in the 1930s.[2]
[edit] Development in Russia
In Russia, Ptichye Moloko was first a type of candy made in the 1975 by the the Krasny Oktyabr (Red October) factory.[3][4] Later, Vladimir Guralnik, "the head of the confectionary shop at the Praga restaurant in Moscow" attempted to make the candy into a cake.[3] The cake -- "light sponge cake filled with Guralnik's ethereal souffle and topped with chocolate glaze" -- was first sold in Russia in 1978.[3] Due to lack of intellectual property laws at the time, the recipe quickly became picked up by others and many other restaurants in Moscow - Moskva, Budapest and Ukraina - started making the cake.[4] In the 1980s, "the food ministry had to build a Ptichye Moloko factory in Novye Cheryomushky in south Moscow."[4] As recently as 2007, however, Guralnik was still in charge of the Praga restaurant.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Candy That's Dandy. Rick Kogan. Chicago Tribune. MAGAZINE; ZONE: C; SIDEWALKS.; Pg. 6. February 11, 2001.
- ^ Dear Valentine. The Warsaw Voice. January 31, 2007. A2007021256-13D17-GNW.
- ^ a b c d Ptichye Moloko. Michele A. Berdy, Special to The Moscow Times. The Moscow Times. February 1, 2007.
- ^ a b c Cake Weighs Heavily in Russian Life. Viktoria Mitlyng. The Moscow Times. No. 1213. May 22, 1997.
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