An essential ingredient to have in your cupboards, cocoa powder is a treasure trove of lovely surprises. Made from 100% cocoa, it is used to make hot or cold drinks and in pastries.
All chocolate comes from the cocoa bean, which itself comes from the cocoa tree. The cocoa bean is extracted from the pods of the cocoa tree. To make chocolate, cocoa butter and cocoa powder, first the bean must be fermented, then dried then roasted. After roasting, the nibs are crushed and ground into a cocoa paste. From this paste, the cocoa butter is extracted and the so-called "cake" is kept. The latter will also be crushed and sifted to obtain the cocoa powder. To make chocolate with cocoa powder, nothing could be simpler, you add cocoa butter and icing sugar to the cocoa powder and melt it. Then pour the mixture into the chocolate moulds and put them in the fridge before releasing them.
Meilleur du Chef carries different cacaos powder. All the cocoa flavours are concentrated in the cocoa powder. You can use it to make hot chocolate, ideal for long winter days, to colour chocolate creams and ice creams, to prepare desserts or to make chocolate truffles. You will also find red cocoa powder for colouring chocolate biscuits, pasta, creams and ice creams. Cocoa powder can play several roles in pastry, expressing all its power and luxury. Perfect for hot chocolate with a velvety texture and gourmet flavour, just a few spoonfuls of to take you back to childhood.
