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National Chocolate Week (UK)16th – 22nd October 2007
Jump to:- History | Cooking with Chocolate | Recipes for National Chocolate WeekThere is another National Chocolate week in March (USA) plus several Chocolate Days in the year, but who's complaining?
A brief
History of Chocolate
1502 - Christopher Columbus introduces chocolate to Spain from his fourth voyage to the New World in 1502 but not as the product we know today. It was only consumed as a drink. The word "chocolate" was derived from the Aztec word xocolatl which means bitter water.
1640 – chocolate finds its way to England, among other European
countries.
1657- the drink becomes a best seller in England and excessive duties are imposed on chocolate. It takes almost 200 years before the duty is dropped.
1848 - English chocolate maker Joseph Storrs Fry created the first eating
chocolate by further refining the cocoa, adding sugar, and mixing the cocoa
butter back in.
1875 -
Swiss Daniel Peter added condensed milk
to chocolate and marketed
the first solid milk chocolate bar.
Chocolate in
cooking
When using chocolate for
culinary purposes, use as high a
quality as you can afford - i.e. containing
higher proportions of cocoa solids,
preferably 40% for milk chocolate and 70% for dark chocolate. This
information can usually be found in the ingredients section on the label.
Be very careful when melting chocolate as too high a heat can make it split. Therefore always melt in a heatproof bowl over very hot water in a small saucepan. It can also be successfully melted in the microwave using a medium setting.
For more information about chocolate visit our Chocolate ingredient analysis page.
Recipes for National Chocolate Week
Below is just a sample of the many chocolate recipes on this site which will enable you to celebrate National Chocolate week. For more chocolate recipes visit the Search Page and type in chocolate.
Enjoy National Chocolate Day and Happy Cooking !
Main Course
Chicken Mole Poblano HT MC Mexican 80mins Chilli with Chocolate HT MC Mexican 130mins
Cakes and Baked Fayre
Chocolate Praline Bars Veg CD CBF 10mins plus chilling Honeyed Chocolate Cornflakes Veg CD CBF 20mins plus setting Double Chocolate Muffins Veg CD CBF 30mins plus cooling Chocolate and Hazelnut Chip Cookies Veg C D N.American 35mins Chocolate Éclairs V eg CD 90mins Chocolate Walnut Biscotti Veg CD CBF Italian 100mins plus chilling
Desserts/Sauces
Chocolate Sauce Veg HT ACC 10mins Chocolate Rum Raisin Ice Cream Veg CD DP 10mins plus freezing Gingered Chocolate Lychees Veg CD 15mins plus standing and chilling Little Pots of Chocolate Veg CD 30mins plus chilling Poires Helene Veg CD DP French 40mins plus chilling Nut-Praline Chocolate Upside-Down Pudding Veg HT DP 45mins White Chocolate Creme Brulee Veg C D DP 65mins plus cooling
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