You love to gift chocolates to your near and dear ones since it conveys a sweet remembrance and your love for them. Besides the sweetness of the flavor chocolates are scientifically proved as an enhancer of the production of hormones related to pleasure. Chocolate is an aphrodisiac. Doctors and psychologists suggest that you should consume chocolate during bad temper and depression. It can also be taken as a mild sexual stimulant. But be careful over consumption may lead to toothache. So, remember brushing your teeth regularly.
Chocolate was first discovered by Columbus during his voyage. Before you learn how to make chocolate , you need to know from where it made. Chocolate is made from processing several raw materials of which cocoa seed is the chief constituent.
Twelve kinds of cocoa beans are collected and roasted separately. Hard outer shell is removed and then beans are grinded under the granite roller called melanguer. To this vanilla and sugar is added and the mixture is blended evenly. This chocolate liquor is heated for 72 hours. After this, liquid chocolate is poured into the moulds of various shapes and sizes. Then the moulds are allowed to cool and after cooling chocolate are wrapped in beautiful packaging. This is hoe chocolate bar is produced.
There are several kinds of chocolates available in the market and varieties of chocolate cakes, chocolate fudge, truffles, bars, pies and chocolate sauce.
What a great treat it will be for your loved ones if you will prepare chocolate at home from your own hands. Now, you must be getting curious to know how to make chocolate so let's begin with simple chocolate recipe. You require very simple and easily available ingredients.
Ingredients:
Bitter chocolate - 675 g
Eggs- 10
Castor sugar- 575 g
Butter (unsalted) -450 g
Add 1/3 portion of the castor sugar into the bowl and beat it with eggs. Make syrup of the remaining castor sugar in hot water. Stir it while till it gets thickened. Add bitter chocolate to the thick sugar syrup and mix the ingredients well. After a while add butter to the syrup and heat it for a while till it gets mixed up evenly. Take down the syrup mixture from the gas stove and allow it to cool for few minutes. Do not add hot syrup to the egg mixture. When the chocolate syrup gets cooled down then add it to the castor sugar syrup. Mix the contents well and pour the mixture into the cake tin. Place the cake tin into the oven and bake the chocolate paste for 40-60 minutes. Do not take out the tin after the baking immediately let it get cool down in the oven. Then take out the tin cool it and there you are with serving spoon and yummy chocolate.
Even the sight of chocolate makes your mouth go watering. You can not hold back yourself howsoever strict your diet plan is. It's just irresistible for you. Fragrance of the hot chocolate, the color and the aroma of the hot chocolate blows out your senses. You can not stop yourself from going to the confectionery and get hot chocolate fudge for yourself.