Timeline for Solubility of chocolate in water and fat
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| Aug 11, 2022 at 8:05 | vote | accept | Sebastian | ||
| Aug 11, 2022 at 8:00 | comment | added | Sebastian | I even thought about butter, lard, (and coconut oil) since it's the one with the highest melting point you can easily get. The alchemist mentioned Shea butter. If I find something interesting, I will share it here. And right, you never know until you didn't try. So then, I will keep having it mixed and in movement all the time. Thanks | |
| Aug 10, 2022 at 12:02 | comment | added | kitukwfyer | Whoops - @Sebastian There will be limits to what you can physically do regardless of what you add, and some of those are surprising as you know. That said, you might have more luck with another firm/edible plant butter if you can't stick to cocoa butter. I've never tried lard, but you may want to heat it thoroughly first as it tends to have a bit of water in it. Butter does too, and never firms up all the way again once cooked... Good luck! | |
| Aug 10, 2022 at 11:41 | comment | added | kitukwfyer | To some extent, yes. Mixing or agitation will help with the emulsion of a water/fat hybrid, or could be used to try and temper a cocoa butter/other fat hybrid. I just really can't guess how it might go. Hopefully, the Alchemist can provide dome more insight | |
| Aug 10, 2022 at 11:23 | comment | added | Sebastian | Great, thank you for all the insights! The reason you described why it separated probably hit it. The mixture was really uneven with hard and soft parts. Learned a lot and I will also have a look at the alchemist. Yes, that's what one could think, chocolate is made with cacao butter, so it's the best option. Paramount crystals aren't an option for me. Only saturated fats melt at higher temperatures, so I think butter, lard, and coconut oil are the best bets. Maybe I will try some pure lecithin if I add more water once. A big component of extending it properly is by constantly mixing, right? | |
| Aug 8, 2022 at 14:27 | history | answered | kitukwfyer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |