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Problem unmoulding airbrushed chocolates

Started 12 hours ago 0 Replies

Hi,I recently ran into an airbrush problem. I sprayed my mould with yellow and red cacaobutter (untempered cacaobutter at 35°C using a compressor, not a can of compressed air) and then I moulded it…Continue

Question on using double molds

Started this discussion. Last reply by david smith Mar 19, 2012. 5 Replies

I was thinking about trying out this double polycarbonate mould from Chocolate world: http://goo.gl/UaJo6I'm familiar with regular (single) moulds but I've never…Continue

Question regarding transfer sheets

Started this discussion. Last reply by Kris Schoofs Nov 19, 2011. 4 Replies

Hi,Any day now I'll be receiving my first chocolate transfer sheets. I was wondering what's the best way to store these? The place where I'm storing my chocolate usually has a temperature of about…Continue

Decoration for moulded chocolates...

Started this discussion. Last reply by Kris Schoofs Oct 7, 2011. 3 Replies

Hi,Recently I ran into a subtle yet great looking decoration for moulded chocolates at http://goo.gl/zhvNZ. Somehow they have managed to introduce…Continue

 

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Problem unmoulding airbrushed chocolates

Hi,I recently ran into an airbrush problem. I sprayed my mould with yellow and red cacaobutter (untempered cacaobutter at 35°C using a compressor, not a can of compressed air) and then I moulded it with white chocolate.Up till now I didn't have any problems airbrushing, but this time I encountered small areas on some of the chocolates where the coloured cacaobutter stayed attached on the mould after unmoulding.According to Peter Greweling's book (and from personal experience), it is not…See More
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Advocaat ganache filling & dark chocolate ganache filling (http://goo.gl/I6VcB)
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Marshmallows

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Dec 25, 2012
Kris Schoofs replied to Nick Henderson's discussion Tempering Ganache
"Personally I find the easiest way to temper ganache is to let your cream cool down to approximately 30-35°C and pour it all at once onto the molten tempered chocolate. Then thoroughly mix it until you have a smooth emulsion. Since the…"
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Milk chocolate bars, filling of white chocolade ganache with coconut milk & dried coconut
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"I used the small dark chocolate flakes from callebaut:  http://www.callebaut.com/uken/products/decoration/chocolate-flakes"
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Caramel snobinette

"Finally! Someone who knows of Snobinettes!  Beautiful...now I have to make some."
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Most memorable chocolate experience:
Getting a batch of chocolates to come perfectly out of the mold for the first time.
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At 6:05pm on October 9, 2011, Jim said…

Kris,

Thanks for the heads up on my web site error. I included the entire company name when typing. I've corrected the error and should be good to go.

Jim Lucas

 
 
 

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