Kitchen Essentials | All About Chocolate | Chef Sarah Labensky

Name: Kitchen Essentials | All About Chocolate | Chef Sarah Labensky
Uploaded: 2020-08-08T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 9 min 20 s
Channel: Oceania Cruises
Description: In this week's Essentials episode, Oceania Cruises Chef Instructor Sarah Labensky discusses one of the world's favorite foods, chocolate! Learn about chocolate in its different forms such as cocoa butter, cacao nibs, milk chocolate, and more. In addition, Chef Sarah also shares her favorite technique for melting what was once referred to as "the food of the gods."

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Creator's Key Takeaways

chocolate comes to us from a tree called theobroma cacao which literally means food of the gods

the percentage is an inverse ratio to the amount of sugar 95 is basically unsweetened chocolate

you want to be very very careful not to overheat white chocolate because it will turn grainy and gritty

you never cover the chocolate while it's melting you can stir it gently but don't whisk it too much

Creator's Tips & Advice

✓Never cover chocolate while melting it

✓Keep chocolate temperature below 110 degrees to avoid scorching

✓Add water to seized chocolate to smooth it back out

✓Use pure chocolate discs instead of chocolate chips for better quality

✓White chocolate is very susceptible to overheating

Questions This Creator Answers

QWhat do the percentages on chocolate bars mean?

QHow do you properly melt chocolate?

QWhat is the difference between cacao nibs and cocoa powder?

QWhy does chocolate seize up and how do you fix it?

QWhat is white chocolate made of?

YouTube Video Description↓

In this week's Essentials episode, Oceania Cruises Chef Instructor Sarah Labensky discusses one of the world's favorite foods, chocolate! Learn about chocolate in its different forms such as cocoa butter, cacao nibs, milk chocolate, and more. In addition, Chef Sarah also shares her favorite technique for melting what was once referred to as "the food of the gods."