Making chocolate...

[Chris_Xavier]

Okay.. while not technically making chocolate, I am making chocolate dipped fruits.

I have in the past made reference to the fact that in a former life I was a chocolatier. I thought I would share some photos ~ as they say; the proof is in the pudding.

#1 Showing you what I start out with.

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/1.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/2.jpg

One of 3 temperers I have.

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/3.jpg

Parts to the temperer.

 

[Chris_Xavier]

The Chocolate....

Here is the chocolate I am using this morning...

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/4.jpg

I use dark chocolate to stabilize the milk chocolate.. so the milk chocolate doesn't bloom or streak.

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/5.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/7.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/13.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/9.jpg

 

[Chris_Xavier]

Fully assembled temperer

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/6.jpg

 

[Chris_Xavier]

Chocolate in the temperer

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/10.jpg



I cut up the chocolate and put it in the bowl behind the baffle.

The temperer heats up air and blows it against the bowl as it rotates. As the chocolate melts, it seeps past the baffle and into the part of the bowl that I will dip fruit into.

There is a thermometer in the baffle that measures the temperature of the melted chocolate to ensure the proper temperatures are reached.

 

[Chris_Xavier]

What I am dipping...

Strawberries...<yawn>

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/11.jpg

Jet fresh pineapple - this stuff is so so so good. When you bite into the pineapple and chocolate..

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/20.jpg

 

[Chris_Xavier]

Melted chocolate

ready for the strawberries.

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/19.jpg

 

[Chris_Xavier]

Chocolate dipped strawberries

How tired and lame.. but that's what the customer wants..

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/14.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/16.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/17.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/18.jpg

 

[shy slave]

Oh My!!

I think I just fell in love

 

[His_pita]

This is the most beautiful thread I've ever seen!!


I WANT chocolate soooooooooooo bad!!!

 

[BiaTcHiNFiRe]

How tired and lame.. but that's what the customer wants..

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/14.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/16.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/17.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/18.jpg

omg YUMMMMMMMMM !!!!!!

 

[Blushing Bottom]

Ok you guys now you did it.

There is only one thing in life I like more than sex, well at least as much as, is chocolate dipped pineapple.

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Chris_Xavier]

As requested...

Ok you guys now you did it.

There is only one thing in life I like more than sex, well at least as much as, is chocolate dipped pineapple.

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Okay.. here you go, BB

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/21.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/22.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/23.jpg

Enjoy!!

 

[Chris_Xavier]

This is the most beautiful thread I've ever seen!!


I WANT chocolate soooooooooooo bad!!!

Glad you liked it pita..

 

[WriterDom]

I think you've found a way to a woman's heart.

 

[Chris_Xavier]

I think you've found a way to a woman's heart.

Only "bad" think is that with the weather so hot.. I can't send it. So if they want "some", they'll have to come to me.

Wait.. that's not so bad.. Is it?

 

[Hisbabydoll26]

wow..and yummy

 

[Melanie_Eliza]

And I say OMG OMG OMG OMG! You got some pears to go with it? hehehehehe

Melanie

 

[PrimalGirl]

Chris, you make me want to eat chocolate again....Mmmmmm....

 

[subkitty72]

Here is the chocolate I am using this morning...

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/4.jpg

I use dark chocolate to stabilize the milk chocolate.. so the milk chocolate doesn't bloom or streak.

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/5.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/7.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/13.jpg

http://blackberryrails.com/choc/9.jpg

It's like pornography for chocolate lovers...

 

[intothewoods]

Look at you! Making the ladies drool and shit!

I love chocolate dipped strawberries, and they're actually not so bad for you. I use dark chocolate - the darkest I can find, and do the double boiler thing. But I don't much care if mine are pretty or not.

I haven't made them in a while. You've inspired me!

 

[WriterDom]

I want some homemade soup and cornbread. Might be my dinner meal for the Georgia game tomorrow.

 

[Netzach]

SO caillebaut is the shizznit then huh?

My diet must be working, they are lovely works of art and I'm not clawing the screen at them.

 

[intothewoods]

SO caillebaut is the shizznit then huh?

My diet must be working, they are lovely works of art and I'm not clawing the screen at them.

I'm a Scharffen berger girl. But I'm a Northern California foodie dork loyalist that way.

 

[AllWeWant]

Really nice, Chris! Gorgeous shots, too...you shoot food well. You should consider submitting some of those to the stock photography sites and making a few bucks off 'em.

That's a heck of a set-up you have; very cool. Now where are my raspberries in dark?

 

[minx1]

Really nice, Chris! Gorgeous shots, too...you shoot food well. You should consider submitting some of those to the stock photography sites and making a few bucks off 'em.

That's a heck of a set-up you have; very cool. Now where are my raspberries in dark?

Yeah I agree AWW...I love the pics with the broken shards and splinters of chocolate. It looks amazing Chris and chocolates not really my thing.