benb
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Post by benb on Jul 28, 2016 11:30:27 GMT -5
I seem to be losing too much chocolate that is left in the melanger. Look at the difference of these weights (grams), before and after I cleaned it, to see how many chocolate remained that I did not use: That's about 130g. Is there a smarter way to remove the chocolate so that I would not lose so much? Currently just using a spatula and spoons... Thanks.
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gap
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Post by gap on Jul 28, 2016 16:56:56 GMT -5
There seems to be a lot of chocolate left in that bowl that could be scraped out with a spatula. I also find putting the wheels on a cake rack above the grinder or a bowl you're empyting into makes it easier to scrape them down rather than trying to hold them in one hand and scrape with the other.
That said, you will lose some chocolate to the grinder. The good news is it tends to be a fairly fixed amount so the larger your batch size, the smaller your loss in % terms :-)
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jano
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Post by jano on Jul 28, 2016 18:12:18 GMT -5
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Post by Thomas on Jul 28, 2016 19:48:57 GMT -5
I take out the wheel fixture and place it on a pizza pan. I then scrape as much as I can off onto the pan and then from the pan into a big bowl. All my chocolate goes through a mesh strainer that is on top of the bowl. This will strain out any cacao grit that did not get refined. It's very little but still worth straining out.
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Post by lilypa on Jul 29, 2016 7:36:29 GMT -5
I second Jano's post! Of the two Crate & Barrel spatula's the one on the right is pretty much all you'll need. They're called silicone spoonula's. I have about eight of them and they're awesome!! Eventually the silicone part will want to separate off of the wooden handle, but you just shove them back on and they still work.
And, I typically lose between 50 - 100 g with each batch depending upon how thorough I was scraping that day. Just expect it and make larger batches like Gap said.
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Post by lyndon on Jul 30, 2016 2:29:20 GMT -5
Don't forget you can leave whats left over for the next batch, so that 100g loss is just carried over
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Post by lilypa on Aug 2, 2016 19:25:40 GMT -5
True, with the exception of single origin bars. That's what I make, so I usually just chalk the remainder as a loss. Otherwise, yeah I'd just carry that residual over.
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