Dark chocolate

A bar of dark chocolate made from cocoa mass, cocoa butter and sugar, then conched for smoothness. It is eaten plain as a snack, but also goes into the cakes and mousses of French home cooking.

30 min
4 servings
Medium
Moderate

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Ingredients

200 g Dark chocolate, 70% cocoa
30 g Cocoa butter or unsalted butter
1 tbsp Icing sugar
1 tsp Neutral vegetable oil

Spices & seasoning

Pinch of fine salt

Optional extras

1 tsp Vanilla extract

Nutrition facts

353 kcal per serving

Protein: 3.3 g
Carbohydrates: 29 g
of which sugars: 24.1 g
Fat: 23.9 g
of which saturated fat: 15.3 g
Fiber: 4.4 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Break the chocolate into even pieces in a heatproof bowl.
Melt it over a bain-marie, stirring gently and making sure the water doesn't touch the bottom of the bowl.
Take the bowl off the heat as soon as the chocolate is almost melted, and finish stirring off the heat until smooth.
Add the butter, icing sugar and pinch of salt, then mix until the texture is glossy.
If you want to pour the chocolate into moulds, add the vegetable oil to make it more fluid.
Pour into a silicone mould or a baking sheet lined with baking paper and leave to set in the fridge for 1 hour.