How to Make CHOCOLATE from Cocoa Beans - Let's make Chocolate 🍫

I finally manage to post the video of the homemade chocolate
For this recipe you will need:

Powdered sugar 100 g
Walnuts or Almonds if you want to give that extra touch 😉

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[yin]

Hey Andrea,

One of the reasons the beans could be sour is if they were not ripe enough when picked originally, or if they were not dried properly after the fermentation of the beans. There are other possibilities but those two would be the most common.

Regarding making milk chocolate, you can use milk powder.
Adding moisture causes the chocolate to seize unfortunately.


If you're wanting to make more chocolate in future but want to make it smooth, you can invest in a "melanger" (wet grinder).
This normally uses granite wheels to grind the cocoa and sugar down enough to get a silky smooth mouth feel, you can technically do it by hand with a mortar and pestle but that would take a lot more physical effort, a lot more time and result in a lot less chocolate.


A simple dark milk chocolate recipe you could use if you did buy a melanger (makes approximately 1.3kg):
450g cocoa beans (or 680g cocoa nibs)
225g cocoa butter
225g milk powder
450g granulated sugar

Adding the cocoa butter gives a better mouth feel and helps while making the chocolate to give a bit of extra lubrication for the sugar, cocoa and milk powder to be ground down, if there isn't enough extra cocoa butter it can be powdery and feel a little dry.


I love the information you provide, thanks for your videos 😊

[Adnancorner]

Andrea, I am pretty happy with the knowledge you share on your channel. I cannot tell you how much valuable information is what you share. As an Indian that admire and love Italian foods, and Mediterranean recipes in general 😋especially cheeses and cured meats, you cant get genuine than the actual handsome Italian man 🤪share the recipes.😄👏🌹

[russellgibbon]

Well done! Thank you. This seems much simpler than other Youtube chocoalte recipes. I look forward to your Sicilian chocolate video.

[jonsantiago]

Naturally, cacao has acetic acid and that is the reason why it tasted sour... Crafted chocolate is done in 3 days through slow stone grinding and after that would be subjected to conching. After conching, the sour taste would be removed...

[georgezwills]

Thank you Chef.. really loved to see this one..❤

[bethcollier]

Thank you. I do enjoy your show. It is Spectacular. Merry Christmas and have a chocolatey New Year.

[manuscriptsdontburn]

I am not an expert in chocolate but cocoa beans have naturally a high level of acidity, the less sugar in chocolate the easier it is to notice the sour aftertaste.

[masih]

So good I didn't know how chocolate is made

[briandacosta]

Spettacolare!!!!... Sono sicuro che sia delizioso.

[marritjansen]

In the Netherlands 5 december we have a tradition of "sinterklaas". Wenn you behave well, you will get the first letter of your name in chocolate. There was a woman in town who made chocolate letters by a secret recipe. You had to pre order all chocoate letters in september, because everybody wanted her chocolate. They were spectacular. A pity that I don't have her recipe.

[patriciovarela]

Great video
I have a question.
I want to make two batches of chocolate.
One now the other one in about a month.
Can I roast all the beans now and save it for later?
It is possible?
Thanks

[abdulmohd]

I was waiting for this one for years, since I started to subscribe to your channel,
Love from Saudi Arabia, I hope you come visit us someday and find the best food in the world period

[NoWBrian]

i should plant some cocoa in my back yard

[sonilase]

Bagaimana caranya agar coklatnya saat di gigit lembut ?

[yavuzayhan]

may i use stevia instead of sugar ?
thanks Andrea

[weedwacker]

Making chocolate has a lot of mysterious bullspit associated with it. I suspect that most of it is tied to chocolate manufactures wanting to be that way for their own advantage. It is true that it took a lot effort for humanity to work out the whole process, and it does involve some slightly arcane knowledge. Andrea, however, cuts through the fog of doubt and makes this thing accessible to everyone.

[_J.F_]

Very nice, and seemingly fairly easy to make. I make homemade marzipan and gianduja for Christmas treats every year, so maybe I should try making the chocolate myself too.

[chewconnie]

My thoughts are 1) the unripened beans and 2) overly fermented 😊

[Fuzzzzik]

Hello, thanks for the video. I am curious why you have always different kitchen? :D

[grantguy]

You are responsible for my belly fat ❤