All About Chocolate

 

All chocolate is made from the fruit of the caco tree, which thrives in the tropical regions twenty degrees north and south of the equator. Scientists believe that the first cacao tree was found in the lower Amazon Basin in Venezuela. Twice a year the hard, squash like pods are hand harvested and carefully split open to remove the beans (which are then allowed to naturally ferment and air-dry for several days).

Dried beans are sold to brokers, who in turn supply the chocolate manufacturers of the world. Most cacao beans are shipped to Europe and North America to be made into chocolate in a complex process that begins with cleaning and roasting and ends with molding liquid chocolate into bars.
     —from Everything You Need To Know About Chocolate

Here are some of the most popular chocolate pages on The Global Gourmet:

I Love Desserts is a regular column on The Global Gourmet featuring dessert and chocolate cookbooks with sample recipes.

I Love Chocolate by Stephanie Zonis is an archive of columns and recipes exclusively about chocolate.

Everything You Need To Know About Chocolate by Fran Bigelow and Helene Siegel, is an excerpt from Pure Chocolate, a cookbook from the creator of Fran's Chocolates.

Ganache is an excerpt from The Secrets of Baking by Sherry Yard, and includes a recipe for Master Ganache. Also see Hard Ganache.

The Secrets of Success: Tempering Chocolate

Chocolate Mousse Recipes (full list further down this page).

 

Chocolate Books & Recipes

• Death by Chocolate Cookies by Marcel Desaulniers

• Chocolate Peanut Butter Love Bars
• Chocolate Dalmations
• Chocolate Drop Shortcakes
• White Chocolate Peppermint Patties

• The Chocolate Bible by Christian Teubner

• Chocolate Mousse
• Chocolate Souffle
• Sachertorte

• Chocolates on the Pillow by Gail Greco

• Kissed by a Bonbon
• Kahlua Chocolate Truffles

• Chocolate: A Sweet Indulgence by Karl Petzke and Sara Slavin

• Chocolate Zinfandel Sauce
• Hot Buttered Cognac with Chocolate Dipped Spoons

• Absolutely Chocolate from the editors of Fine Cooking

• Chocolate Pots De Crème
• Fast and Easy Nibby Fudge
• Mexican-style Pecan-Chocolate Squares

• A Year in Chocolate by Jacques Torres

• Chocolate-Covered Fortune Cookies
• Molded Chocolate Bunny
• Pumpkin Chocolate Cake

• Cake Art by Kate Cavotti & Alison McLoughlin

• Glazed Cake with Chocolate Tiles
• Chocolate Flower Cupcakes
• Chocolate Sponge Cake
• Hard Ganache

• CakeLove by Warren Brown

• Chocolate Pound Cake
• Chocolate Apricot Pound Cake
• The Secret to the Best Chocolate Cake

• 300 Best Chocolate Recipes by Julie Hasson

• Six-Layer Bars
• Chocolate Orange French Toast
• White Chocolate Key Lime Pie

• Chocolate Passion by Tish Boyle and Tim Moriarty

• What's Your CIQ? (Chocolate Intelligence Quotient
• Crunching the Numbers
• Milk Chocolate and Hazelnut Bark
• Dark Chocolate Madeleines with Mint Chocolate Glaze
• White Chocolate Soufflé with Lemon Custard and Expresso Whipped Cream

 

Below is a small selection of individual chocolate recipes. To find more, try a specific SEARCH.

Chocolate Recipes

• Belgian Chocolate Ganache Tart
• Black Forest Trifle
• Cherry Brownie Hearts
• Chestnut Milk Chocolate Truffles
• Chocolate Babka
• Chocolate-Filled Filo Triangles
• Chocolate Noisette Layer Cake
• Chocolate Streusel-Ribboned Bundt Cake
• Financiers
• German Chocolate Cheesecake
• Mexican Chocolate-Cinnamon Swirl Ice Cream
• Mocha Cake with Espresso Drizzle
• The Baked Brownie
• White Chocolate-Key Lime Calypso Bars

 

Chocolate Mousse Recipes

• Chocolate Mousse
• France: Chocolate Mousse
• White Chocolate-Key Lime Mousse
• Chocolate Mousse a l'Orange
• Chocolate-Orange Silk Mousse
• Irish Coffee Chocolate Mousse
• Chocolate Mousse Cake with Liqueur
• White Chocolate and Pasilla Chile Mousse
• Chocolate Policeman's Hat
• Ebony and Ivory Mousse Sandwiches
• Creamy Chocolate Mousse
• Chocolate in Paradise
• Easy Chocolate Mousse

 

I Love Desserts

• 2009 I Love Desserts Archive
• 2008 I Love Desserts Archive
• 2007 I Love Desserts Archive
• 2006 I Love Desserts Archive
• 2005 I Love Desserts Archive
• 2004 I Love Desserts Archive
• 2003 I Love Desserts Archive
• 2002 I Love Desserts Archive
• 1998-2001 I Love Desserts Archive (including I Love Chocolate)

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