Hello Everyone,
I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for his or her help on October 31, 2019 for the Candies and Bonbon class of chocolate bark. We produced all the chocolate barks successfully. I would like to also Thank Michelle Mai who was our Steward for making sure we had all the ingredients before we started our production. Here is the recap of a wonderful day.
Chef Diane’s demonstration of Lemon curd
Double boiling method
Slowly stirring the mixture
Whipping butter to get the finish product
Tempering Chocolate: Demo by Professor Hoffman
Mixing and melting chocolate before tempering
Demonstrating the tabling method
Final Product by Professor Hoffman
Tempering chocolate using tabling method on the marble table
Paper used for testing the chocolate
Milk Chocolate
Milk Chocolate temperature 82°F – 86°F (28°C – 30°C)
Tempering milk chocolate
Spicy Milk Chocolate Bark with Cherries
Mixing the tempered chocolate
Spreading cherries & chili powder
Final Product
Dark Chocolate
Dark Chocolate temperature 84°F – 89°F (29°C – 32°C)
Tempering dark chocolate
Dark Chocolate Ginger Bark
Mixing the tempered chocolate
Acetate Sheet with plastic wrap used to spread chocolate
Tapping the sheet tray to remove bubbles
Final Product
Chocolate Crispy Rice & Fruit Bark
Plastic Wrap used to spread chocolate
Mixing in the rice krispies
Spreading the chocolate on the sheet pan
Final Product
White Chocolate
White Chocolate temperature 79°F – 82°F (26°C – 28°C)
Tempering white chocolate
Due to the weather, the white chocolate took a very long time to get to the correct temperature. Different areas of the kitchen was used to get the chocolate to the correct temperature
White Chocolate Cranberry & Pistachio Bark Production
Pistachios to add to the final product
Melting chocolate in the microwave before tabling
Spreading the white chocolate
Final Product
Display of final barks
Costing of the product by each team
Candid Shots
Everyone enjoying tempering chocolate
Cleaning the marble table
Some helping with packaging
Some helping with the boxes
Not forgetting cleaning
Washing and sanitizing
Michelle the steward costing out the items for us
Professor Hoffman helping us to finish our late day
Hope everyone enjoyed the day and photographs.
