Often during the making of the next culinary masterpiece, it is required to melt the chocolate. Of course, the simplest and most reliable method is to melt the chocolate in a water bath, when the container with chocolate is immersed in boiling water. But when there is no way to use this method, or you need to save time, the microwave oven comes to the rescue, since in microwave the melted is no worse than on fire.
So, before melting the chocolate in the microwave, you need to choose it correctly. Milk or black chocolate, with a cocoa content of at least 50%, is suitable for us, and of course there is no place for nuts and different fillings. White chocolate can also be melt, but with it will be more trouble when used to decorate pastry. Also it is worth considering that porous chocolate is not suitable for melting. When the chocolate is selected, we select the right dishes. We need ceramics without any metal elements and patterns.
Chocolate in the microwave
So, a bowl and chocolate are picked up, it remains only to figure out how to melt it in a microwave. In fact, everything is very simple. We break our tiles into pieces and send them to the microwave, which is exposed to 50% of the capacity. The time that is needed for melting is determined depending on the amount of chocolate. So, 30-50 grams will be drowned about 1 minute, 240 grams - 3 minutes, and 450-500 grams of chocolate will require 3.5 minutes. To make the chocolate mass homogeneous, it is necessary to monitor the uniform heating of the chocolate, so if there is no turning circle in the microwave oven, it will be necessary to turn the bowl by hand at regular intervals, not forgetting to mix the chocolate. If you did everything right, then the cup in which you stoked the chocolate will remain cool. If the bowl is hot, then it is not very good for chocolate, it can lose its properties and it can not be used to decorate cakes and cupcakes. However, in this case there is a chance to fix everything - overheated chocolate should be immediately poured into another cool bowl and add slices of not melted chocolate and do not forget to constantly mix this mass until it becomes homogeneous and shiny.
Hot chocolate in the microwave
As soon as you can melt the chocolate in the microwave correctly, you will definitely want to find more ways to use this mass, besides decorating the cakes. For example, you can make hot chocolate by adding an equal amount of milk to this mass, mixing it homogeneously and sending it back to the microwave before boiling. It is important to catch the moment when the chocolate has already started to increase in volume, but has not begun to boil. It is at this time that you need to get a cup of chocolate from the microwave and serve it to the table, decorated with whipped cream and chopped nuts. Well, if you belong to fans of this drink, then try to cook hot chocolate with spices in the microwave according to the following recipe.
Ingredients (for 4-6 servings):
- milk - 5 glasses;
- sugar - 1/2 cup;
- chocolate - 30 grams;
- cinnamon - 1 teaspoon;
- nutmeg - 1/4 tsp spoon;
- cloves - 1 pinch.
Preparation
Mix 1 cup of milk, chocolate, sugar and spices in a glass container. We put the bowl, without covering, in the microwave for 6-9 minutes. During this time, the bowl must be removed twice from the stove and mixed thoroughly. After gently add 4 cups of milk to the mixture and put it back in the microwave. This time for 9-13 minutes. We must make sure that the chocolate does not run away. We dispense the ready drink in cups, decorate with zest of orange (lemon) and serve it to the table.