Here’s
the third part of my chocolate making reports (parts 1 and 2 can be found here
and here), and I’ll have to say that this time was even more
successful than the previous two.
I don’t
really have much to report, but this time, I finally managed to
measure the ingredients! I used about 50 ml of cocoa butter and 50 ml
of cocoa powder. To this, I added a tiny sprinkling of salt and 3
teaspoons of agave syrup. That seemed like a lot of sweetener to me,
but even after adding all that, the mixture still tasted quite
bitter. After it had cooled down and set, however, it was pretty
perfect.
One reason
might be that after I'd added the sweetener and decided it was enough, I added some rum-soaked raisins. They are quite sweet, and that probably influenced the result. Either
way, I have to say that this was the best attempt so far. This
chocolate turned out to be a great family favourite: I loved it, my
DH (a big fan of rum and raisin combo) loved it, and even my daughter
loved it (don't worry; there wasn't that much rum in it). They immediately requested that I make some more. :)
Oi joi, mitä suklaaherkkuja täällä taas on!
ReplyDeleteIhanaa kesäkuuta teille!
Kiitoksia! :) Ihanaa ja aurinkoista kesäkuuta teillekin!
DeleteHi Ulla,
ReplyDeletecongratulations on another success in your chocolate-making adventures! To be honest, raisins never appeal to me personally, even when disguised in chocolate and drunk on rum - but luckily, tastes differ ;). So I'm happy that you were all happy, and it sure looks delicious and tempting.
Happy Sunday,
Kathy
Hi Kathy,
Deletethank you for your lovely comment! :) Yes, tastes do differ - raisins are all right, I think, I always put some into my home-made müsli (and müsli bread), and around here they're something of a standard feature of mead and mulled wine. But I don't go out of my way to eat some raisins. :D My DH, however, loves rum and raisin ice-cream, it's his absolute favourite ice-cream flavour. :)