Chocolate making is an art and a technical job. In modern chocolate production, choosing the right equipment can improve production efficiency and ensure the taste and quality of chocolate. This article will focus on the three keywords of milling chocolate, melangers, and cocoa butter extractor, explore their important role in chocolate making, and introduce two classic chocolate recipes to help you easily make delicious chocolate.
Melangers: The Perfect Blend of Blending and Grinding
Melangers are an indispensable piece of equipment in chocolate making. It can mix and grind cocoa beans for a long time during the milling chocolate process, so that the cocoa butter, sugar, and other ingredients are fully mixed, thus producing a smoother taste. Melangers are usually equipped with stone or steel grinding discs, which can effectively refine the particles in the chocolate paste and enhance the flavor of the chocolate.
Cocoa Butter Extractor: Extract High-Quality Cocoa Butter
A cocoa butter extractor is a key equipment in chocolate making, extracting natural cocoa butter from cocoa beans. Cocoa butter is not only one of the main ingredients of chocolate but also plays a decisive role in the texture and gloss of chocolate. With professional cocoa butter extraction equipment, you can efficiently extract pure cocoa butter from cocoa beans, providing a raw material guarantee for subsequent chocolate blending.
Chocolate Recipe Recommendations
Chocolate Strawberry Mousse
Material:
- Pure Black Chocolate: 150g
- Strawberry Puree: 100g
- Fresh Cream: 200ml
- Sugar: 30g
Step:
- Use milling chocolate equipment to grind dark chocolate into fine chocolate syrup.
- Put the chocolate syrup into the melanger, add sugar, and stir evenly until the chocolate syrup becomes silky.
- In another bowl, mix strawberry puree and fresh cream and beat until thick.
- Gently mix the evenly stirred strawberry mixture and chocolate syrup, pour into the mold, and refrigerate for more than 4 hours.
- After refrigeration is completed, take out and enjoy this dense and sweet chocolate strawberry mousse.
Caramel Sea Salt Chocolate
Ingredients::
- Pure Black Chocolate: 200g
- Sugar: 100g
- Butter: 50g
- Sea Salt: Appropriate amount
Step:
- Heat the sugar in a pot until the sugar is completely melted and turns into golden caramel.
- Add butter and stir evenly, then add a little sea salt and continue stirring until the caramel becomes smooth.
- Use a milling chocolate device to grind the dark chocolate into a pulp and mix it with the caramel.
- Pour the chocolate and caramel mixture into the melanger and stir until it is evenly mixed.
- Finally, pour the chocolate into the mold, sprinkle with sea salt grains, cool until solidified, and enjoy the deliciousness of this caramel sea salt chocolate.
Perfecting the Chocolate-Making Process: From Raw Materials to Finished Product
In addition to melangers and cocoa butter extractors, you can also use chocolate conching machines and automatic chocolate tempering machines to further improve the quality of chocolate. Conching machines help refine chocolate paste and improve the taste while tempering machines ensure that the chocolate has a consistent gloss and taste. By using these machines together, you can ensure that every step of the chocolate process, from raw materials to finished products, is optimized.
By combining these professional machines, you can easily make high-quality chocolate and bring your customers an excellent taste experience.
