When it comes to tempering chocolate the slower you melt the chocolate the better the result will be so take your time.
Buy marble slab for tempering chocolate.
Marble surfaces are useful for working with certain types of food because they stay cool if you place one in the fridge it will hold the cold temperature for a few hours.
Break the chocolate up into small chunks and place in a bowl.
Bring a pan of water to a simmer and then remove from the heat.
A marble slab helps to cool down chocolate after melting so that it can be tempered and worked with more easily.
When tempering chocolate a cool surface is essential for achieving a really professional finish this granite board helps to keep chocolate flat and smooth as you work a great size for home chocolatiers being easy to lift up at an angle which helps with spreading 39 5 x 30cm 15 x 12.
The traditional marble slab method.
But it s super difficult to master and super sensitive.
The complex difficult way to temper chocolate.
Use the traditional method when tempering over 1kg of chocolate.
Getting temperature accurate is an important aspect when tempering chocolate.
The key to the marble slab is getting a big one.
This video teaches you how it works and what you need to look out for.
Melt the chocolate as required by the recipe or.
If you have marble or other solid surface counters of similar mass you can probably forgo the marble slab.
Marble slab tempering is of course one of the favourite ways of tempering chocolate though i am not quite sure why from what i have read other methods are cheaper easier and just as reliable and i would quite like to be able to do it.
If so you re going to need a marble slab.
If you re making your own candy this holiday season to give as gifts or to keep for yourself you may be working with fondant or tempering chocolate.
The marble slab is used for cooling english toffee and for some methods of tempering chocolate.
The chocolatier quickly spreads it thin with a metal spatula scrapes it back into a pile with a putty knife and spreads it thin again repeating until the right sludgy.