If you like, you can add 50–100 g walnuts, hazelnuts or almonds, plain or lightly toasted. The basic version has no add-ins; the nutritional values refer to it.
Homemade chocolate
Homemade chocolate with milk powder, cocoa and butter. Choose the add-ins to suit your taste.
Prep time: Approx. 15 minCook time: 5–6 min boilingChilling time: Chilling: OvernightServings: 1 batch; tin size not specified
Classic method
Ingredients
- 160 ml water
- 300 g sugar
- 260 g butter, at room temperature
- 50 g dark cocoa powder
- Vanilla, to taste
- 450 g Rarăul milk powder
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How to make it
- Boil the water with the sugar and vanilla for 5–6 minutes.
- Take the saucepan off the heat and stir in the butter.
- Gradually add the cocoa and milk powder, stirring until the mixture is smooth.
- If you like, stir in walnuts or hazelnuts to taste.
- Spread it in a tin lined with baking paper and leave it in the fridge overnight.
Thermomix adaptation TM6
Suggested adaptation for the TM5/TM6. Boil the syrup in a saucepan and use the appliance to blend the mixture smoothly. How concentrated the syrup is affects the texture of the chocolate.
Ingredients
- 160 ml water
- 300 g sugar
- 260 g butter, at room temperature
- 50 g dark cocoa powder
- Vanilla, to taste
- 450 g Rarăul milk powder
How to make it
- Boil the water, sugar and vanilla in a saucepan for 5–6 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and stir the butter into the saucepan. Carefully transfer to the Thermomix mixing bowl, without going above the MAX mark.
- Add the cocoa: 20 sec / speed 3, without heating.
- Add the milk powder in three batches. After each one, mix 20 sec / speed 3, without heating. Check that it is evenly mixed and scrape the mixture down from the sides of the mixing bowl with the spatula, only with the appliance stopped.
- If you like, fold in the walnuts or hazelnuts by hand with the spatula. If the mixture is too thick, transfer it to a bowl and carry on by hand.
- Spread it in the lined tin and leave it in the fridge overnight.
Estimated nutritional values*
Per serving: 1/24 of the batch
- Energy
- approx. 229 kcal
- Protein
- approx. 5,3 g
- Carbohydrates
- approx. 20 g
- Fat
- approx. 14,2 g
The plain version, with 26% full-fat milk powder, without nuts or other add-ins. The vanilla is not included in the calculation.
Frequently asked questions
Can I add walnuts to homemade chocolate?
Yes. At the end, stir in 50–100 g walnuts, hazelnuts or almonds, plain or lightly toasted.
How long does homemade chocolate need to chill?
Once you have spread it in the tin lined with baking paper, leave the chocolate in the fridge overnight. How concentrated the syrup is affects the final texture.
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