God of Cooking, grilling skewers attracted the fairy beasts

What you need to make chocolate is only the kernel inside, so the outer skin must also be removed.

This process is not difficult for Li Heng now.

If he wanted to be faster, he only needed one palm to shatter the outer skin of all the cocoa fruits.

But Li Heng did not choose to do so. Instead, accompanied by the two little ones, he rubbed the skins of the cocoa beans one by one with his hands.

Anyway, there is nothing else to do in the morning, so just kill time.

Three people, three small stools, sat together, talking and laughing, and after spending more than half an hour, they finally completed the task.

Next, you need to grind the shelled cocoa beans into fine powder, the same principle as grinding soy milk.

The only difference is that when grinding cocoa beans, no water is added at all.

Dry powdered cocoa powder cannot be made into chocolate and needs further grinding. At this time, the cocoa powder will gradually turn into liquid, also called cocoa liquor.

The reason why it becomes liquid is mainly because cocoa beans contain a large amount of cocoa butter.

Cocoa liquor is the main raw material for making chocolate.

If Li Heng was making chocolate on Earth, the grinding step might be a little more complicated.

Because the cocoa powder ground by ordinary grinders cannot meet the requirements for making chocolate, a mortar is needed to further grind the cocoa powder finer.

And during the grinding process, you need to add extra cocoa butter.

Of course, there is a way to save time and effort. You can just use your money to buy a professional chocolate grinder.

However, for Li Heng, who is in the Xuanwu Continent and has a lot of cultivation experience, the above problems are not a problem.

It only took him a few minutes to turn about five kilograms of cocoa fruits into liquid.

"Sigh~"

"Brother Li Heng, this smells so good! Can I have a taste?"

Xiao Chi leaned closer and sniffed, and found that the bucket of black stuff in front of him, although it looked like mud, smelled quite good.

"Are you sure? This stuff really doesn't taste good. Don't blame us for reminding you!"

Li Heng asked back, because he knew that the taste of cocoa liquid like this, which had nothing added to it, and the smell it gave off were completely different things.

But even though they know it, if you don't let the two little foodies try it themselves, they will definitely not give up, and will instead blame him for being stingy.

"OK!"

The two little ones, who didn't understand what was going on, were bewildered by the fragrance and nodded happily.

"All right!"

Li Heng was worried that the two little ones would be wasted, so he only gave each of them a spoonful.

The two little ones, filled with joy, directly put the spoon in their mouths. The moment their tongues touched the cocoa liquid, a strong bitter taste filled their mouths.

"Bah, bah, bah..."

“Why is it so bitter?”

The expressions of the two little ones became distorted, and they only relaxed after drinking a glass of boiled water.

"Brother Li Heng, you..."

When the taste in their mouths returned to normal, the two little ones were about to confront Li Heng but were interrupted by him.

"Don't give me that! This is none of my business. You guys insisted on eating it. This is what we call 'never turn back until you hit the wall'!"

Li Heng confirmed with them before eating, so he is not responsible for this.

"Hehe, you, you're right!"

The two little ones couldn't be found at all. He refuted Li Heng's reason. He couldn't blame others for being greedy, right?

"Do you want more? How about I scoop another bowl for you two to enjoy slowly?"

Seeing that the two little ones had behaved well, Li Heng took the opportunity to tease them.

"Haha, no thanks! No thanks!"

Having been fooled once, the two little ones definitely won’t be stupid enough to fall for it a second time.

"If you miss this opportunity, you will miss this store!"

The two little ones hid from Li Heng and stayed far away from him. No matter how much he talked, they would not come close to him. They really could not bear any hardship.

After amusing the two little ones, Li Heng prepared to proceed to the last step, turning the cocoa liquid into chocolate.

This step is called tempering, which can make the cocoa butter in the cocoa liquid become a more stable state.

The chocolate made can solidify even at room temperature and become more glossy.

Tempering is the process of heating the cocoa liquid. This process is a bit cumbersome because it cannot be heated directly in a pot.

The most common method is to heat it in water, and the water temperature should not be too high, preferably between 50 and 70 degrees.

Li Heng first boiled a pot of hot water and controlled the heat so that it remained at the appropriate temperature.

Pour the cocoa liquid into a thin tin can and heat the tin can in hot water.

After the cocoa liquid is heated to 50 degrees, start seasoning it, otherwise the original dark chocolate will be unpalatable.

I'm afraid Li Heng himself wouldn't like it, so it is necessary to add more sugar to neutralize the bitterness.

Because adding sugar granules directly is not easy to dissolve, Li Heng added honey. In addition to honey, an appropriate amount of light cream also needs to be added.

Whipping cream has many functions. In addition to improving the stability of chocolate, it can also enhance and increase the taste, making the chocolate smoother.

After adding other seasonings, continue to heat the chocolate liquid to about 50 degrees, stirring thoroughly during the heating process.

Take another bucket and prepare a bucket of warm water at about 28 degrees. Put the freshly heated chocolate liquid into it to cool it down.

After about seven or eight minutes, put the cooled chocolate liquid into a pot of hot water and return it to about 32 degrees.

The process of repeated reheating and tempering is a very important step in the process of making chocolate.

These seemingly cumbersome steps can make the structure of the chocolate more stable and easier to demould.

At the same time, the finished product has a crisper taste.

Next, you need to pour the warmed chocolate liquid into the mold that has been prepared in advance.

After waiting for it to cool naturally, the chocolate is ready.

In fact, there is an even simpler way, which is to heat and melt the chocolate you bought and then cool it down, and it will be yours. You can take it, no thanks (???)

In addition to these square, conventional molds, Li Heng also made some molds with other patterns at the request of the two little ones.

Like little ducks, cartoon big-headed dolls and so on. Finally, Li Heng had a sudden idea and made a few mahjong tiles.

After more than ten minutes, Li Heng took out the chocolate that had already been shaped.

"Try it? Who of you wants to eat the first piece?"

"Don't worry, I'll pack some delicious food!"

Li Heng picked up a little duck, handed it to the two little ones and said.

"Give it to the young lady. I see she is secretly drooling!"

"No, don't talk nonsense, just give it to Xiao Chi first! Brother Li Heng has already promised, why are you still hesitating?"

"I'm the elder sister, and an elder sister should give in to the younger sister, so you should eat first!"

"No, you first..."

It seems that the bitterness of the cocoa liquid just now must have left a considerable psychological trauma on the two of them.

Now that the finished product is out, they are actually showing courtesy to each other.

Can you believe that these two foodies would fight for half a day over a bone or a piece of meat?