What is Coussin de Lyon?
coussin de Lyon is a French confectionery made of chocolate and Marzipan. Dating from Lyon, a town located east of Central France, the confectionery has a filling, which consists of a chocolate ganache with a flavor of liqueur covered with green Marzipan. Translated from French, cossin de Lyon means a "Lyon pillow", which not only describes a pillow similar to the appearance of French confectionery, but also the history of its origin. This creates a topping that has a glossy look. Ganache can be used to spread cakes and can also be used as a filling for pastry desserts.
The unique filling inside Coussin de Lyon is produced by a combination of chocolate ganache with Curaçao, a liqueur who gets his name from the island from which he comes from the Caribbean Sea. The liqueur has a taste that is similar to taste, but is made of laraha citrus bark. When the skin is dry, the sweet aroma of the fruit is released and the taste of citrus, which is a slightly bitter taste, is formed.
surrounding chocolate ganache with Curaçao flavor in Coussin de Lyon is a green marzipan. Marzipan is also known as almond paste and is made of sugar and ground almond or almond food. It is used for icing on cakes and is also used for the construction of sweets. Marzipan usually occurs yellow and can be colored with food coloring.
coming from Lyon, France, Coussin de Lyon Confecction, has a history that extends to the epidemic focus in 1643. It is located near Lyon called Fourviére Hill, also known as the "hill praying". The Lyon Council, known as Alderman, approached the hill in the middle of the focus, where and the statue of the Virgin Mary stood and offered the golden token on the silk pillow and a wax candle weighing seven pounds in the hope that the city would be cured from its epidemic. Since then, the procession continues to Fourvière Hill and was inspired by the creation of Coussin de Lyon in 1960.