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Cocoa butter, also called theobroma oil, is a pale-yellow, edible fat extracted from the cocoa bean (Theobroma cacao). It is used to make chocolate , as well as some ointments , toiletries , and pharmaceuticals . [ 2 ]
Powdered baking cocoa, which contains more fiber than cocoa butter, can be processed with alkali to produce Dutch cocoa. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, a combination of cocoa solids, cocoa butter, and added vegetable oils and sugar. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder.
Ganache (/ ɡ ə ˈ n æ ʃ / or / ɡ ə ˈ n ɑː ʃ /; [1] French:) is a glaze, icing, sauce, or filling for pastries, made from chocolate and cream. [2]In the broad sense of the term, ganache is an emulsion between (melted) solid chocolate (which is made with cocoa butter, the fat phase) and a water-based ingredient, which can be cream, milk or fruit pulp. [3]
Chocolate most commonly comes in dark, milk and white varieties, with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration.. Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans mixed with fat (e.g. cocoa butter) and powdered sugar to produce a solid confectionery.
White chocolate is a form of chocolate made of cocoa butter, sugar and milk.Unlike milk and dark chocolate, it does not contain cocoa solids, which darken the chocolate.White chocolate has an ivory color, and can smell of biscuit, vanilla or caramel, although it can also easily pick up smells from the environment and become rancid with its relatively short shelf life.
Cocoa powder is the powdered form of the dry solids with a small remaining amount of cocoa butter. Untreated cocoa powder is bitter and acidic. Dutch process cocoa has been treated with an alkali to neutralize the acid. Cocoa powder contains flavanols, amounts of which are reduced if the cocoa is subjected to acid-reducing alkalization. [1]
Dark chocolate is mainly a combination of chocolate liquor, cocoa butter and sugar. [54] The basic process of making dark chocolate involves mixing, refining, conching and standardizing. [55] In the mixing stage, chocolate liquor is combined in a melanger with sugar and some cocoa butter, mixing until a paste is formed. [56]
The total "percentage" cited on many brands of chocolate is based on some combination of cocoa butter in relation to cocoa solids (cacao). In order to be properly labeled as "couverture", the dark chocolate product must contain not less than 35% total dry cocoa solids, including not less than 31% cocoa butter and not less than 2.5% of dry non-fat cocoa solids, milk chocolate couverture must ...