How to make chocolate letters?

Confectionery decoration with volumetric letters of white or dark chocolate is the current trend in cooking. This is a responsible and final stage in creating a culinary masterpiece. Also, with the help of a set of sweet letters, you can express feelings and wishes to a close person. In this article, we will learn to make chocolate letters to decorate confectionery using a mold for pouring chocolate.

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What forms are used for the manufacture of volumetric letters?

The technique of making chocolate letters is simple. To make them, it is necessary to fill special molds with alphabet to be melted chocolate:

• Silicone form is one of the most convenient forms. It is elastic, ready letters are easily removed from it, while maintaining an external appeal. It is not necessary to lubricate before filling.
• Plastic shape is solid, easy to use. For letters easily removed from the form after frozen, it is pre-lined with parchment or lubricated with oil.
• Polycarbonate form - durable and durable.
• Metal mold - will last for many years, suitable for washing in the dishwasher. Before pouring chocolate, metal sides need to be lubricated with creamy (vegetable) oil.
• Also selling can be found bunk molds, in which two-color letters can be made (the lower tier is poured with dark chocolate, the top is light, and vice versa).

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What to choose chocolate?

For the manufacture of letters, household chocolate is used or ready-made chocolate tiles. By buying chocolate factory tiles, the following nuances should be taken into account:

1. Choose high-quality chocolate, without stuffing, nuts and fillers.
2. Not suitable for molding porous chocolate, since after frozen it acquires an uneven, corrugated surface. Letters look unattractive.
3. If you use white chocolate letters to create letters, consider that it melts faster and becomes more liquid than the dark.
4. The largest melting point at bitter chocolate with high cocoa content (from 55 degrees)
5. Often, chocolate tiles are replaced with chocolate drops. They have a less pronounced taste than chocolate in the tiles. But, faster melted and frozen.

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How to melt chocolate?

To melt chocolate, use several ways:

1. Water bath. On the stove, put a large saucepan with water, and the container of smaller size with chocolate tile pieces or drops are placed in it. The bottom of a smaller pan should not touch the water when boiling. During boiling (on a slow fire), the buckling chocolate mass must be stirred, until complete dissolution.
2. Oven. It is possible to quickly melt the pieces of chocolate in the oven at a temperature of 55 degrees, not forgetting to stir the melt.
3. Microwave. To dissolve chocolate, a microwave oven is used in the "Defrost" mode. The shape where the chocolate will be melted should be pre-lubricated with creamy oil. Melting time 1-3 minutes.

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How to make volumetric chocolate letters - cooking process

1. In the prepared clean molds neatly pour hot chocolate. If molds from metal or plastic are used, it is necessary to lubricate it with oil.
2. With the help of a spoon fill the form. Sometimes confectioners use a confectionery syringe to fill the cells. Difficult corners of the form can be easily adjusted to the toothpick.
3. Excess chocolate from cells can be removed using a silicone blade.
4. The shape filled with chocolate is placed in the refrigerator for full pouring.
5. After 5-10 hours, the letters can be carefully removed from the mold.

Working with chocolate is interesting and easy. He quickly melts and freezes, taking the desired shape. Confectionery, decorated with bulk letters, look attractive and appetizing. A beautifully packaged set with wishes made of chocolate letters - a sweet and original gift for any celebration.