Chocolate
Ingredients
Directions
Place the chocolate in a small saucepan or cup.
Set the saucepan in a pan of warm water on the back of the stove.
Allow the chocolate to melt, then add it to your mixture.
For cold dishes, boil the melted chocolate in a little water first.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Bitter chocolate
- Provides the main chocolate flavour and, once melted, fat and body to the mixture.
The step that matters
Melting gently in warm water. Chocolate can seize or scorch if it gets too hot or too wet. Melting it slowly over warm water, not direct heat, keeps it smooth and glossy.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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