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Dutch-Process Cocoa: Nibs Treated with Potash, Ground and Pressed
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Dutch-Process Cocoa: Nibs Treated with Potash, Ground and Pressed

Van Houten's cocoa: around 1828 the Dutch pressed most of the fat out of cocoa, leaving a cake that grinds to powder, and treated the nibs with alkali, which makes the cocoa darker and less bitter. Soak shelled nibs in a potash solution, dry and roast them, grind them warm to a liquor and press out the cocoa butter; grind the cake to powder. The picture: a cocoa press cake.
Ophakathi
Two days

Imiyalelo

1

Shell

Crack the cacao beans lightly in the mortar and winnow away the shells, leaving the broken nibs. Weigh them.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Izinhlamvu ze-cacaoIzinhlamvu ze-cacao600 g

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isigqulo NomgquloIsigqulo Nomgqulo
Ithileyi yokwelaIthileyi yokwela
Isikali sesilinganisoIsikali sesilinganiso
2

Treat with potash

Dissolve potash in a little water (step 6), stir the nibs into it until they have taken it up, and warm them gently. Spread them on a tray to dry.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

I-potassium carbonate (i-potash)I-potassium carbonate (i-potash)10 g

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

AmanziAmanzi
Ibhodwe ElikhuluIbhodwe Elikhulu
Ithreyi eliyisicaba lokomisaIthreyi eliyisicaba lokomisa
Amagilavu erabhaAmagilavu erabha
3

Roast and grind

Roast the dry nibs in a pan over a gentle fire, stirring, then grind them warm in the mortar until they turn to a runny paste, the cocoa liquor.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Ibhodwe ElikhuluIbhodwe Elikhulu
IzinkuniIzinkuni
Isigqulo NomgquloIsigqulo Nomgqulo
4

Press

Wrap the warm liquor in muslin and press it hard in the screw press: the cocoa butter runs out (keep it). What remains is the press cake.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Indwangu ye-muslinIndwangu ye-muslin
Umshini wesikulufu wokucindezela indwanguUmshini wesikulufu wokucindezela indwangu
Ijeke LengilaziIjeke Lengilazi
5

Powder

Break and grind the cake, sift it fine, and check a pinch stirred in water with a pH strip; the head asks for pH 7-8. Keep it in a closed jar.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isigqulo NomgquloIsigqulo Nomgqulo
Isisefo Senetha EcolekileIsisefo Senetha Ecolekile
Amastripu okuhlola i-pHAmastripu okuhlola i-pH
Ijeke LengilaziIjeke Lengilazi
6

Potash for your nibs

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