Chocolate dipping

Moisture controllers attract water. Sometimes they work so well that they actually pull water from the air. The liquid center of chocolate-covered cherries can be created by adding glycerin to the fondant that is molded around the cherry before it is dipped in chocolate. Over time, the glycerin absorbs so much water from the cherry that the fondant dissolves, making a liquid syrup inside the chocolate shell. 

Then, in 1998, Harvard researchers dipped into chocolate and published a study that made headlines around the world. They tracked the health status of nearly eight thousand male Harvard graduates, all over the age of sixty-five, and concluded that those who ate one to three chocolate bars a month lived, on average, a year longer. More chocolate-eating, unfortu-... 

Note My grandma used to melt any remaining chocolate from the bag ofchocolate chips and drizzle it over the mandelbrot. You can also make a version without any chocolate chips and then melt a bag of chocolate chips, dip one end ofeach mandelbrot in the chocolate, and let them cool on wax paper. 

Besides dusting the ganache with metallic powder, you can simply drizzle melted white chocolate on top of the dark ganache for contrast or after coating the Goldies with the ganache, freeze them for IO minutes and then dip them halfway in warm melted white chocolate—a twist on the black and white cookie. 

Using a fork or a spatula, dip each cookie halfway or entirely in the melted chocolate. 

Cover your work surface with wax paper or aluminum foil. Using a spatula or a fork, dip each cookie into the warm mint-chocolate glaze, coating both sides and letting the excess drip off before placing the cookie on the wax paper. For a cleaner—and more chic—look, dip only half the cookie. 

Dip each a cookie halfway into the white chocolate mixture. Chill the cookies in the refrigerator for IO minutes, and then dip the other side in the semisweet chocolate mixture. 

These papers are stealth helpers in the baking kitchen. When you cut them out to fit the bottom of a baking pan, they ensure that your cake will not stick to the bottom. Parchment paper has a higher burning point than wax paper, so use it for baking cakes or cookies. Wax paper is the perfect place to lay cookies that have just been dipped in chocolate. 

Flavor preparations typical of particular varieties of cheese can be produced with the aid of lipases of appropriate specificities (Kilara, 1985). Such flavors are used in processed cheeses, dips and spreads (Jolly and Kosikowski, 1975b). Controlled lipolysis of milk fat is also used to produce creamy and buttery flavors for bakery and cereal products, confectionery (milk chocolate, fudge), coffee whiteners, and other imitation dairy products (Arnold et al., 1975 Fox, 1980 Kilara, 1985). 

Have you ever had candy apples like those shown in Figure i Or have you had strawberries dipped in chocolate When you make these treats, you can see a substance in two states. The fruit is dipped into the liquid candy or chocolate to coat it. But the liquid becomes solid when cooled. However, the substance has the same identity—and delicious taste—in both states. Most substances, such as the mercury shown in Figure 2, can be in three states solid, liquid, and gas. The physical properties of each state come from the arrangement of particles. 

There is an undeniable pleasure to be enjoyed from warmed chocolate combined with fresh fruit. The six fruits listed are irresistible targets for impaling on a long fondue fork and dipping into melted chocolate. 

Sandwiches consist of one or more flavours of ice cream between two biscuits or wafers, which may have been covered in chocolate (Figure 5.4a). Biscuits are made by mixing flour, sugar and fat, shaping and then baking. The sandwich can be assembled layer by layer, i.e. the first biscuit or wafer is covered with ice cream, which in turn is covered with a second biscuit or wafer. Alternatively, the ice cream can be extruded between two biscuits. The product is then hardened, dipped in chocolate or couverture if required, and packaged. 

Figure 5.10 A stick product that has just been coated by dipping in chocolate...

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Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, beating on low for the shortest amount of time required to fully combine. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer, if using one, and stir in the chocolate chips using a rubber spatula dipped in hot water. 

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