banquet chocolates the basic ingredients for german nougat (or pralines) are either hazelnuts or almonds, cocoa butter and sugar some grades also have chocolate or full cream milk powder. flavour is dependent on the roast of the nuts before they are ground. a light roast having a subtle flavour and...
. gluten-free. $ strawberry shortcake macaron white chocolate ganache with fresh strawberries. gluten-free. $ piece gift box please include how many of each flavor in the special instructions box. gluten-free. $ macarons blueberry macaron cream cheese buttercream with blueberry preserves. gluten-free...
points ask the alchemist video series recent videos contact help/search review and new jamaican cocoa beans october , by founding alchemist some time ago i was able to directly compare the santha wet grinder and the sharp. the quick summary is that i did not find the sharp usable for chocolate refining...
alchemist video series recent videos contact help/search happy halloween october , by founding alchemist that's all. believe it or not, the alchemist does more than just chocolate. the family did pumpkin carving last night. here's my contribution. oh, and if you have never seen the alchemist, well, i...
forgetting to mention, i've had really good luck drying the whole pods. i accidentally let a couple in my refrigerator, wrapped in the paper they come in, and a couple months later they had dehydrated very nicely, with rattling beans inside (as one lump, not individual beans). they turn a rather nice chocolate...
ask the alchemist video series recent videos contact help/search new products and a new origin april , by founding alchemist first there is a new origin. organic uganda . dry tannins offset by a good backbone of chocolate. i also have an old favorite back. the smaller size escali scale . plus there...
i'm excited about the new star wars movies. consider these first two blends homages. they won't all be that way (probably). whereas vader (the blend, well, ok the character too) is very very dark, anakin only hints at that darkness, although there is no mistaking it is there. overall, i think of a chocolate...
video series recent videos contact help/search video tuesday august , by founding alchemist every tuesday, for the next few months we are going to be putting out a new video on our youtube channel, how to make chocolate at home . in a similar manner to my walls of words in text, i ramble a bit, taking...
the alchemist video series recent videos contact help/search new cocoa bean alert march , by founding alchemist we have a new bean in from costa rica, hailing from the upala region. costa rica nahua (na-wa') there is fresh fig and light tangerine in the chocolate. it has a distinct sweet smell of light...
video series recent videos contact help/search new bean alert may , by founding alchemist a very limited supply of guatemala - cahabón has just arrived. these have both a bold size (see below) and bold flavor. big chocolate is balanced out by walnut and mildly tannic brazil nut plus a little astringency...