The classic tempering method with a marble slab takes you through a process where you to melt overheat the chocolate and then bring it back to the right temperature on the marble slab with correct technique and experience.
Buy marble slab for tempering chocolate.
A marble slab helps to cool down chocolate after melting so that it can be tempered and worked with more easily.
The marble slab is used for cooling english toffee and for some methods of tempering chocolate.
The key to the marble slab is getting a big one.
The most classic technique for tempering chocolate is handling it on a marble worktop.
But it s super difficult to master and super sensitive.
Marble surfaces are useful for working with certain types of food because they stay cool if you place one in the fridge it will hold the cold temperature for a few hours.
Getting temperature accurate is an important aspect when tempering chocolate.
Marble slab tempering is of course one of the favourite ways of tempering chocolate though i am not quite sure why from what i have read other methods are cheaper easier and just as reliable and i would quite like to be able to do it.
If you have marble or other solid surface counters of similar mass you can probably forgo the marble slab.
Use the traditional method when tempering over 1kg of chocolate.
Melt the chocolate as required by the recipe or.
If you re making your own candy this holiday season to give as gifts or to keep for yourself you may be working with fondant or tempering chocolate.
Bring a pan of water to a simmer and then remove from the heat.
Pastry chefs use a method called tabling to temper chocolate a cooling and agitating method that involves pouring two thirds of the melted chocolate onto a marble slab.
This video teaches you how it works and what you need to look out for.
When it comes to tempering chocolate the slower you melt the chocolate the better the result will be so take your time.
The chocolatier quickly spreads it thin with a metal spatula scrapes it back into a pile with a putty knife and spreads it thin again repeating until the right sludgy.
The traditional marble slab method.
If so you re going to need a marble slab.