chocolate

[missmooncat]

Is it possible to make chocolate yourself? What do you need and how?

[nickmo]

http://www.mychocolate.co.uk/ for courses if you are in London area and this should get you started at home http://chocolate.allinfo-about.com/features/techniques.html You'll need a good couverture.

Couverture is the term for chocolate for cooking and you would want to use the best for a good home made choc - add liquers, nuts, fruit - dip candied peel, or cherries, strawberries, rasps, etc etc, Couverture is of a higher cocoa content than ordinary Cadburys etc.. See http://www.chocolate-source.co.uk/ and follow links on the site for all choccy info. as well as above