Homemade Chocolate
Easy · 7 ingredients — shared from Reciquest
4 servings · Easy
Ingredients
- 2 cups cocoa powder
- 3/4 cup butter, softened to room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup whole milk, room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Heat the water in a medium-sized saucepan until simmering.
- Cream the cocoa powder and butter together into a paste.
- Add the cocoa mixture to the hot water. Bring it back to simmering, and then remove from heat and transfer the cocoa mixture to a bowl.
- Sift the two sugars and salt together in a separate bowl to eliminate any lumps.
- Add the sugar to the cocoa mixture and stir well to combine.
- Add the milk slowly and stir.
- Pour the chocolate mixture in thin layers into molds and freeze or refrigerate until firm.
- The recipe doesn't produce tempered chocolate, it is a more firm truffle consistency. You can make it harder by substituting softened cocoa butter for dairy butter - that will give it a raw chocolate consistency (firmer than truffles, but softer than a candy bar). If you want it harder still, you can reduce the amount of water or eliminate it all together using a double boiler to heat the cocoa mixture instead.
- The thinner you pour it, the harder it will become as well; thick chocolate molds will produce a fudgier consistency.
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