Thursday, September 9, 2010

HOMEMADE CHOCOLATES

Everyone loves chocolates and especially the ones are homemade.
They taste delicious and easy to make aswell as fun to do.
Chocolate bars\ slabs are available in the market in three common
varieties  as dark, milk and white. The moulds are also available
to set the chocolate. The chocolate is always melted in a double
boiler and chocolate melts at 45-50 degrees.
A double boiler is a big vessel, which is put to heat with water in it.
Another vessel is put inside it with the chocolate, seeing that the water
does not touch or enter into the chocolate.
Generally chocolate of ones choice is melted then poured into the moulds.
A EASY CHOCOLATE RECIPE: Need 200gms of tempered chocolate, either
dark, white or milk of ones choice.
The chocolate should be melted in a double boiler and should look smooth ,
satiny.After melting the chocolate add crushed praline into it, mix well.
Now set in moulds or drop on any surface as rocks .The chocolate sets in fridge
in minutes. Then will be ready to wrap.(these also available in the market).
A regular praline recipe: need 1\2 cup sugar and 1\2 cup of almonds or cashew
nuts or walnuts. Melt the sugar in a pan and as soon as it turns light brown,
take it off the heat and add  nuts of your choice.(raisins also go well).
Crush this coarsely and mix into the chocolate.
TIP: In the melted chocolate when biscuits are dipped and set in fridge for 8-10 mins.

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