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Another question about chocolate making...
Thanks Alex!
SC "Alex Rast" > wrote in message ... > at Mon, 23 Feb 2004 02:12:06 GMT in >, > (Stef) wrote : > > >After posting my first question, I thought about something I wanted to > >include... > > > >When trying out new recipes and experimenting, what do you use as far as > >chocolate is concerned? I ask this b/c I don't want to use a really > >expensive chocolate to "play" with. Of course, I would use the best > >chocolate to test the "finished" product. > > The standard Guittard line - Gourmet Bittersweet, French Vanilla, Old Dutch > - is the ideal choice. It's cheap, has excellent handling properties, and > is in fact excellent chocolate anyway. Gourmet Bittersweet is indeed so > good I would consider using it in the finished product anyway. Price isn't > necessarily an immediate indicator of quality. > > I'd fine-tune the recipe using the chocolate whose flavour profile were > most attuned to the recipe being attempted - and this is the one I'd use in > the final product. You pretty much have to do your fine-tuning using your > final chocolate selection because each one behaves slightly differently. > But as you suggest, it's best to do your initial testing and > experimentation using a "standard" chocolate, not just because it saves > money, but also because you need a neutral reference, something you test > all recipes against so that when you create a new recipe the choice of > chocolate isn't exerting a variable impact on the results. > > > > -- > Alex Rast > > (remove d., .7, not, and .NOSPAM to reply) |
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