Safety advisory: Lego and train not edible.
The post below is a continuation from the post a couple of months ago about the “shiny science of chocolate.”
When dipping truffles, you can easily tell if your chocoloate is in temper or not by how quickly it sets. In this picture below, the truffle on the left was dipped in chocolate [...]
No pic tonight. I almost hit the hay before realizing that I did not yet fulfill my NaBloWriMo responsibilities.
Downstairs there are 200 cute little truffles waiting to be dipped. Wait, still? Not dipped? Yes. I had some very good “opportunities for learning” today with creating the centers of chocolate truffles. Things went completely strange — the ganache turned rock-hard, even [...]
When is the last time I have waited for something to come to my house with such elated impatience? I’m thinkin’ Christmas, the single digit years. I’m getting a chocolate tempering machine. Not a big one, but one that will easily help me dip a decent batch of truffles. I am dying for it to arrive!
I keep [...]
