How to make valentine of chocolate for Valentine's Day - February 14
Such a valentine can not be sent in an envelope, but 14February it is waited by many sweet lovers. Sweet valentine is a chocolate dream. It will be very easy to present a dream. Following step-by-step instructions, such a gift to the Day of all lovers can make even the most inexperienced culinary. It can also become a wonderful family entertainment, the result of which will be a unique piece of culinary art.
Chocolate heart for Valentine's Day
For the preparation of chocolate valentines we will need:
The necessary quantity of natural high-quality chocolate
Ready decorations for baking
Refractory shape in the form of a small diameter heart
A beautiful transparent wrapping film or decorative box for sweets.
The most difficult thing in this recipe is to find a baking dish in the form of a heart, in which chocolate will be melted.
The diameter of the shape can not be too large,because there is a risk with an insufficient thickness of chocolate to break the heart, when it will need to get out after hardening. This can be a baking muffin mold, or a refractory mold for frying pancakes, or even a biscuit stencil. The main thing is that the heart shape should withstand the heat. If it is a form without a bottom, then it is better to choose a shape with a weighting at the top, so that the melted chocolate does not flow out from below the mold.
Method for making chocolate hearts on February 14
The oven needs to be heated up to 180 degrees. Cover the pan with foil, parchment or baking paper. Lay the molds on a baking tray. Tightly put pieces of chocolate in shapes.
Place the baking tray in preheated to 180 degreesoven. Cook for 5 minutes until the melting of chocolate. Gently pull the baking tray out of the oven. Do decorating until the chocolate is frozen.
After 10 minutes, place the chocolate in the molds in a flat bottom dish in a row, cover with a paper towel. Put it in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes.
Remove from the refrigerator and carefully remove the molds. Now the chocolate valentine can be packed and given.
Depending on the imagination of the creator, the heart canbe done entirely from dark chocolate, or from a mixture of favorite varieties. Porous chocolate is better not to mix with chocolate usual. Do not take chocolate with fillings from yogurt or jam. And on the contrary, raisins with nuts can quite help the chocolate to find a more interesting taste.
Depending on the diameter of the shape, you need to choose the amount of chocolate. The quality of chocolate should be first-class. Confectionery chocolate is not suitable for this occasion.
Tile of chocolate will need to be broken into smallpieces. If you take a few colors of chocolate, you can distribute the chocolate over the color zones, for example, the left half of the heart is white, and the right one is black. It is worthwhile to understand that different chocolate will melt at different speeds.
After the chocolate has melted, with the help oftoothpicks can quickly draw a pattern corresponding to the Day of Lovers. You can leave the chocolate pattern untouched and instead cover the top surface with decorative edible powder: beads or hearts.
You can also try to attach a verticalan ornament from the same chocolate. To do this, a little chocolate needs to be melted in a water bath or microwave, and using a cooking syringe draw a fan, a grill, the tips of crossed arrows, or any other pattern that can be slightly drowned in the heart at an angle of 90 degrees and it should not fall. To do this, you will have to wait until the chocolate is a little stiffened, so that the decoration is not just drowned, but densely entered into the chocolate.
The more complex the decoration of a chocolate valentine by February 14, the more careful the packaging should be. For volumetric valentines is better to use a box than a bag.
Do not be modest in choosing jewelry - the more elegant the valentine, the more pleasant it will be to give and receive.
