Chocolate
What is chocolate?
Chocolate starts with cacao beans that are fermented, dried, roasted,
and ground up. Then it’s melted into
“chocolate liquor”, which is
separated into two parts: Non-fat cocoa solids, which, along with sugar,
maybe some milk, and probably some soy lecithin to hold it all together,
are the basis for our chocolate bars, and fatty cocoa butter, which
might also make its way into your chocolate bar (and your
chapstick).
Now let’s get on to the more important details, the ones that affect
your baking and chocolate-eating lifestyle. What’s the difference
between dark chocolate and milk chocolate and the much-maligned white
chocolate? What does that percentage mean?? Why do we have to do math
when we’re eating chocolate??? TEMPERING???? Answers,
coming right up.