How to cook glaze from cocoa

How to cook glaze from cocoa

Chocolate glaze is the perfect decoration for cakes, pies, desserts and pastries. There are many recipes for making chocolate glaze. It is easiest to do it, raking milk or black chocolate with a piece of oil. But the real brilliant and smooth glaze is obtained from cocoa powder, it will not be difficult to prepare it at home.

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For the preparation of delicious glaze, use the highest quality products. You will need:

  • Cocoa powder - 3 tbsp.;
  • Sugar - 4 tbsp.;
  • Milk - 2 tbsp.;
  • Creamy oil - 60 g;
  • Vanilla.

2
In a small enamel saucepan, mix all sugar and cocoa powder. Pour a few hot milk and put the oil. The saucepan put on a slow fire and cook, constantly stirring and larging the mixture by a wedge. When the oil completely melts, add some more hot milk and continue to mix the glaze. Its density is easy to adjust with milk, the more thick glaze you need, the less milk it should be added to it.

3
The finished chocolate glaze of consistency resembles sour cream or liquid honey. It is not necessary to immediately use it, the hot icing will be dragged with baking, so cool it to a warm state and a cake or a cake can be coated. The glaze from cocoa powder is absolutely for any confectionery, it gives smoothness, shine and a finished look of the cake, cake or cupcake. If the chocolate glaze is frozen, then the real solid chocolate will be.

4
If you have gotten a very thick glaze, then return it to the fire and add some water or milk. And the liquid substance can be done thick with sugar. Also, the quality of chocolate glaze depends on the quality of the cream oil used. Be sure to buy real solid oil, margarine or spread will not fit. An interesting secret to making chocolate glaze - before putting the butter, remove the mass from the fire, cool, and then put the oil and beat the mixer. The glaze will be air, tender and soft. For taste, you can add a little vanilla or a spoonful of alcohol - brandy, roma or liqueur. Also in the glaze put coconut chips, crushed nuts.

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A very tasty glaze from cocoa powder will be released if sugar and milk are replaced with condensed milk. The principle of cooking does not differ from the previous recipe - melt the creamy oil into the saucepan, add cocoa, constantly stirring, pour the condensed milk - 4 tbsp. The glaze must be touched to a boil, then remove from the fire, cool and use for its intended purpose. Chocolate glaze on condensed milk has a taste of milk chocolate, it is more tender and lighter in shades.

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In addition to the above, there are many interesting recipes for cooking delicious chocolate glaze - with honey, with cream, white glaze. Any option is easy to prepare at home, the icing not only water the cakes, but they write inscriptions and draw pictures. A little culinary fantasy - and chocolate glaze will become a favorite sweet decoration of your confectionery masterpieces.

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