Unfortunately, shoplifting chocolates contain less useful chocolate as harmful additives.For pure product need not be lazy and cook exclusive chocolates by hand.Then you will know their composition.This is useful for the whole family, especially for children.
Chocolate undoubtedly useful
sweets - chocolate lovers - may be happy to tuck into a favorite treat.The myth about the dangers of chocolate scattered!Moreover, scientifically proven its undoubted benefits.Having thoroughly studied the chemical composition of the basis of chocolate - cocoa - researchers concluded that chocolate:
- slows the aging process, prevents the development of cancer, cleanses the body of "bad" radicals due to the large amount of antioxidants;
- is a valuable preventive measure for cardiovascular disease;
- prevents the development of tartar;
- activates brain activity;
- by serotonin (hormone of happiness) improves mood and fights stress;
- stimulates sexual arousal;
- increases the immunity of the whole organism.
main thing is to consume the chocolate over the top, and the "right" amount: about 50-60 grams per day.Next article tells how to make your own chocolates.Carefully read the recipes and enjoy dessert.
Recipe 1. Everything is simple and available
Very easy and very inexpensive to make chocolates at home yourself.
Ingredients : 220-250 grams of cocoa powder, 150 grams of butter, half a glass of water, 150 ml of milk, 30 grams of flour (some are advised to replace flour baby food or milk powder), 100-130 grams of sugar.
cooking process : finely chopped butter combine with cocoa powder, stir until a smooth paste (with a spoon or blender).Water is poured into a pan and heat over a fire, not giving it to boil.In hot water, add the chocolate paste, milk, sugar and flour.All mix thoroughly until the disappearance of lumps.Massa put in a food container, the bottom and the walls of which lay a parchment or foil.Capacity to put in the freezer until complete solidification of sweet dessert.The frozen mass of carefully pull on the cutting board and cut into portions candy.Chocolate homemade candies ready!
Recipe 2. Delicacy - homemade truffles
Using this recipe is very easy to create chocolates by hand.The children will gladly help sculpt sweets.
Ingredients : 1 bar extra-bitter or simply dark chocolate, 65 ml whipping cream (better than 35%), 60 g of powdered sugar, a tablespoon of alcohol (rum or brandy), 1 tablespoon chopped cashew nuts and almonds,3 tablespoons cocoa powder.
cooking process : finely broken chocolate in a saucepan, put in a water bath.Cream mix with powdered sugar, good heat and whisk thoroughly.Stirring constantly, pour a thin stream of sweet cream into melted chocolate.Continue whisking until smooth cream is obtained, add alcohol and nuts.Once again mix well.Put in the refrigerator (not the freezer!) For about an hour and a half.Weight should be the consistency of soft clay.Take the weight of the fridge, pour into a saucer cocoa powder.Hands wetted with cold water, using a teaspoon to form chocolate balls, roll them in the cocoa powder.Share on clean and dry cutting board and put back in the refrigerator for 1 hour.An hour later, help yourself and treat yourself more!
Recipe 3. It will be a little harder
you have a little more to try to make delicious chocolates by hand.The recipes are not always easy.
Ingredients : 1 cup of cocoa butter, a cup of cocoa powder, half a cup of liquid honey, incomplete teaspoon of the vanilla extract, toasted chopped almonds, mint or orange extract to taste.
cooking process : melt the butter in a double boiler cocoa or simmered on a steam bath.We must make sure that pot of cocoa butter does not touch the water in a large saucepan (method of the double bottom).When cocoa butter is completely melted, remove it from the heat and add the cocoa powder, honey, vanilla or other flavorings.All mix thoroughly until smooth and glossy mass.It is impossible to get the leaked liquid in this cream, because it would violate its texture.The hostess should be careful with wet hands or wet utensils.The resulting mass (called ganache in culinary terminology) put in a parchment lined with large capacity or special silicone molds.Put a few hours in the cold.For this recipe you get real chocolates at home!
Note .Cocoa butter can be replaced by coconut oil.
4. Truffles Recipe homemade white chocolate
Prepared for this recipe sweet look just wonderful.Guests may not even believe that you have made these chocolates by hand.
Ingredients : 200 grams of black chocolate, 2/3 cup whipping cream (33-35%), 1 tablespoon butter, less than half a glass of "Nutella", 1 bar of white chocolate, 1 tablespoon of table sunfloweroil (unscented), grated chocolate for sprinkling.
cooking process : dark chocolate break into pieces, add the cream, butter and "Nutella".All melted on a steam bath.Cool.Cover with cling film or a lid and put in the cold for a couple of hours.From the cooled mass manually create balls that put on 10-15 minutes in the freezer.While frozen truffles, melt in the steam bath white chocolate, add the vegetable oil.Each truffle chop on a toothpick and "bathe" his white chocolate.Already white candy to put on the plane, carpeted with parchment.Top beauty sprinkle with grated chocolate.Once the candy in the refrigerator to remove the minute 40. After this pleasure to eat.
little tips to get
make delicious chocolates with your own hands, it is necessary to observe some simple rules.
- All products must be of good quality.
- impossible to bring liquid to a boil.We have to work with hot, but not boiling mass.
- Alcohol and nuts can be removed from the recipe to the discretion of the hostess.This does not affect the taste of candy, it just a few changes.For the experiment, you can add peppermint extract, orange or lemon, vanilla and other flavorings.
- sure to use no sugar, but only powdered sugar.Its amount in the candy can be changed.
- Before you put the container with chocolate mass to solidify in the refrigerator, be sure to cover it with a lid or cling film to avoid impurities extraneous odors.
