Thommothebear
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- Type of diabetes
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Mrs Bear makes chocolates as a bit of a hobby since she saw Nigella Lawson making some on TV a while back, she's become quite good at it since. She has done some for me which seems to be OK for me in small quantities, using nuts and crystalised ginger and orange peel. She uses the 85% chocolate bars from lidl and double cream. She does put some treacle in the stuff she does for other people so I might well ask her to try it with jaggary instead so I can taste it, having said that the ginger or orange peel is usually more than sweet enough for me.
One thing she does do is temper the chocolate after its first melted, apparently this is what makes it retain its firmness and shine once it resets - you can learn how by googling, there are a couple of different methods.
One thing she does do is temper the chocolate after its first melted, apparently this is what makes it retain its firmness and shine once it resets - you can learn how by googling, there are a couple of different methods.
