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Botulism
Muscle weakness in eyes, face, chewing, swallowing -spread down the body
Dented cans
Lack of oxygen
Garlic in oil must be kept in fridge
Trichinosis
Parasite
Onset: 1-2days after ingestion
Lasts 2-8 weeks
Muscle pain, weakness, swelling around eyes
Parasite can pass through the intestinal tract and other tissues
Undercooked pork, and wild animals (deer, bear, carnivores- eating other meat )
Cocao
Refers to the raw products that come from Theobroma cocao treeβ such as the fruit, the cocao pod, and the raw beans before fermentation
Coating
A commonly used shortened name for coating chocolate
Cocoa
Refers to products made from fermented cocoa beans ( cocoa powder, cocoa buttee, ect) Also a legally allowable name for cocoa powder
Cocoa butter
The fat found in, and extracted from cocoa beans.
Couverture
Couverture is a chocolate that contains a very high percentage (at least 30%) of cocoa butter. The high ratio of cocoa butter produces a smooth chocolate that melts and tempers easily, and is silky and mellow on the π . It is the preferred chocolate π« for tempering and enrobing candies. Couverture comes in dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate varieties
Crystallize
To transform from the amorphous (shapeless) state to the crystalline state with a regular repeating internal arrangement of its atoms. Sugar crystallizes under the proper conditions. Cocoa butter crystallizes when chocolate sets. When sugar crystallizes it is not appealing but it is still edible.
Doctor
An ingredient added to help prevent crystallization of sugar. Common examples are cream of tartar and corn syrup
Enrobe
To cover with chocolate π«
Extract
A flavouring agent made from extracting the volatile flavour compounds of a substance, such as vanilla, using a solvent
Fat bloom
Bloom on chocolate π« that is caused by improper tempering or by exposure to heat
Ganache
A mixture of chocolate and cream
Pistoles
Nearly flat pellets of chocolate. These are a convenient form for buying chocolate because they do not require chopping before melting
Seed
To introduce crystals to promote further crystallization. When tempering chocolate, it is seeded to cause the cocoa butter to crystallize properly.
Temper
To cool and seed chocolate so that it sets with a desired snap and shine
Truffle
A Ganache center that has been shaped to be round and enrobed ( in chocolate or other finishes)
Types of chocolate
Dark White Milk Unsweetened Sweet-dark Semi-sweet Bitter sweet
What do you melt the chocolate to at first when youβre tempering it
110F
Once the chocolate π« has been melted (in tempering), you..
Remove from heat and add 25% unmelted chocolate
Tempering- after you add unmelted chocolate you..
Stir for 10-15 minutes until chocolate reaches 85F
Tempering -How do you test the chocolate?
Take a π₯ and splash a puddle (of chocolate) on foil and see how long it takes to harden
-to see if it sets
Tempering- what do you do if the chocolate sets properly?
Rewarm chocolate π« to 87F
Remove any unmelted chocolate chunks, remove the chocolate from heat. Heat bath to maintain temperature
Use chocolate
What will happen if the chocolate π« cools too much
It will thicken and set