What Is Good Chocolate and Bad Chocolate

As there are various brands of chocolate available in the market, and it becomes difficult for the buyer to tell which one is better in quality than other without having a closer look at each one of them. So, we are discussing some of the few tips that can help you in picking the best chocolate for your loved ones next time when you are out to buy preferable and delicious Valrhona Jivara or Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate.

Good quality chocolate is known to have shine as well as a great snap whenever it breaks into pieces. It will melt into your mouth perfectly with an intense shine. If there is a bad chocolate in front of you, then you will easily recognize it by seeing the grey or white stripes on its surface, which you can also call it as chocolate bloom. Chocolate bloom is made up of crystallized sugar which comes onto the surface because of exposure of chocolate moisture. Such types of chocolate will melt into a grainy mass, thus rendering it difficult for making good quality products. Fat bloom is another term that is associated with bad quality chocolate, the reason for which is that the chocolate is stored at an inappropriate temperature. This type of bloom not allows the chocolate to melt properly. Such quality of chocolate is more suitable for batters rather than creams, cookies and cakes.

Here is a delicious recipe of Valrhona Jivara Chocolate Mousse:

Take one Gelatin sheet, 245 grams of Valrhona Jivara chocolate and chop them, 15 grams of basic custard and 245 grams of heavy cream and whip into medium peaks.

Now take a look at the steps for making Valrhona Jivara chocolate Mousse:

1.The first step that you have to start with is marinate gelatin in ice water till it gets soft; then press it so that the excess water can be removed and keep it aside.

2.Blend gelatin into hot custard so that it can be dissolved properly.

3.Pour the mixture atop of the chocolate and start the technique by using hand blender until n unless the mixture gets smooth.

4.Keep the mixture aside so that it can become cool and after that fold it with the help of whipped cream.