Emma Miller
No ke aha e loaʻa ai i ke kokoleka kahi uhi keʻokeʻo? Malia paha ua nīnau ka poʻe a pau i makemake i ke kokoleka iā lākou iho i kēia nīnau no ka mea ua ʻike pinepine lākou i kahi manaʻo e like me ke keʻokeʻo a i ʻole "blooming" chocolate.
He mea hoʻopunipuni kēia ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka honua i ka hana ʻana i nā kaola ʻono i ka waena o ka makahiki 1800 i ka wā i ʻike ai ka mea hoʻolale Pelekane ʻo Joseph Fry e hiki ke paʻakikī ke kokoleka inā hoʻohui ʻia ka pata koko i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka koko Dutch.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka uhi keʻokeʻo ʻo ia ka "ka hapa maʻamau o nā huahana kokoleka i hoʻopau ʻia," wahi a Michael Laiskonis, ka mea kuke ʻai ma ka Institute of Culinary Education. Eia ka mea e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike ma mua o kāu huakaʻi aʻe i ka aisle candy.
He aha ka uhi kokoleka?
ʻElua ʻano o ka uhi kokoleka: ka momona a me ke kō. Ua like ke ʻano o ka ʻili momona me "ka ʻili o ka mahina," wahi a Nick Sharma, he kanaka molecular biologist i huli i ka mea kākau puke kuke. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ke kokoleka me ka ʻulaʻula a me nā ʻōniʻoniʻo hina, wahi a Christopher Elbow, nona ka hale kūʻai kokoleka eponymous ma Kansas City.
I kēia manawa, ʻike pinepine ʻia ke kō i ka "hinahina" e nā kiko keʻokeʻo kikoʻī a i ʻole ka lepo lepo, wahi a Suzanne Yoon, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Stick With Me Sweets, kahi hale kūʻai kokoleka ma New York.
Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa. Wahi a Laiskonis, hiki i ka momona a me ke kō ke "hina" i ka manawa like. "I kekahi manawa liʻiliʻi nā hopena ʻike, a nalowale ke kokoleka i kona ʻālohilohi." ʻOiai ke ʻano o waho, ʻo ka momona a me ke kō hina ke kumu o nā kumu like ʻole.
He aha ka mea e mohala ai ke kokoleka?
ʻO ka momona ka "hinahina" maʻamau i ka wā o ka hana ʻana a mālama ʻana paha i ke kokoleka. Ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻia-ʻo ke kaʻina hana mehana a me ka hoʻomaloʻo e hoʻopaʻa a paʻakikī i ka koko, ka pata koko, a me ke kō-kokaleka e lilo i "'ālohilohi a ʻālohilohi a hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ma lalo o ka wela o ke kino," wahi a ka mea ʻepekema ʻono ʻo Ariel Johnson. Akā inā ʻoe e hoʻokuʻu i ka ʻāpana kokoleka e wela loa, e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nā kristal momona a "hōʻano hou i kahi ʻano paʻa ʻole," wahi a Laiskonis. ʻO kēia ka mea e hana ai i ke ʻano o "nā momona momona ma ka ʻili o ke kokoleka," wahi a Yoon.
Loaʻa ʻo Sarah Flanders, ka mea nona ka Salt Rock Chocolate Co. i kekahi manawa i nā ʻāpana momona ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻo ia i ke kokoleka e hana ai i nā apricots, nā pahu hua waina, a me nā puʻupuʻu cashew. "Inā wela loa ke kokoleka i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ke hana mākou, e kaʻawale ka pata koko, e piʻi i luna a paʻakikī, e waiho ana i kahi momona keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo," wahi āna. "Hiki nō hoʻi kēia ke hana inā ʻaʻole paʻakikī koke ke kokoleka," wehewehe ʻo ia.
Wahi a Laiskonis, hiki i nā mea ʻino ʻē aʻe ke hoʻoulu i ke keʻokeʻo momona i loko o ke kokoleka, e like me ka neʻe ʻana o ka aila i waho mai ke kikowaena o nā nati i uhi ʻia i ke kokoleka. ʻOiai hiki i nā ʻano kokoleka āpau ke hoʻomohala i nā waihona momona, "ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ke kokoleka ʻeleʻele," wahi a Laiskonis. "Ke manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia ʻo ka liʻiliʻi o ka momona o ka waiū i loaʻa i ka waiū a me ke kokoleka keʻokeʻo hiki ke pale i kona hoʻokumu ʻana i kekahi ʻano."
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe ke kō i ka wā e hoʻopili ai ke kokoleka me ka wai. He hygroscopic ke kō, wahi a Sharma, ʻo ia hoʻi, "hoʻopaʻa i ka wai." Inā haʻahaʻa loa ka ea, e komo ke kō i ka wai, e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, a laila e lilo i kristal nui aʻe e kau hou ma luna o ka ʻili kokoleka.
Wahi a Laiskonis, hiki i ka hoʻopili pololei ʻana me ka wai a i ʻole nā loli kaiapuni wikiwiki, e like me ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i ka huahana mai ke anuanu a i ka mahana wela, hiki ke hoʻopuʻi i ka pahu, kahi e alakaʻi ai i ke kō hina.
Chocolate me ka uhi keʻokeʻo: hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai?
ʻAʻole ʻono paha ka ʻili kokoleka, akā palekana loa ke ʻai. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole kēia manaʻo e makemake ʻoe e ʻai ia mea, no ka mea, ʻokoʻa paha ka ʻono a me ke ʻano.
"Hoʻopau pinepine ka pua i ke kokoleka i kekahi o kāna mau ʻano leʻaleʻa," wahi a Laiskonis. Wahi a Elbow, hiki ke ʻano like ke kokoleka me ka uhi momona me ka pata koko. ʻO ke ʻano he "waxy a i ʻole crumbly i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka kokoleka mālama ʻia a mālama ʻia," wahi a Johnson. Wahi a Laiskonis, ʻo ke kokoleka me ka uhi kōpaʻa e loaʻa paha i ka waha "grainy".
ʻO ka uhi keʻokeʻo ma ke kokoleka - pehea e wehe ai?
ʻAʻole hiki i nā manawa a pau ke pale aku i ke kokoleka "hinahina," akā kōkua maoli ka mālama pono ʻana. "No ka pale ʻana i kāu mau kaola mai nā ʻano pua ʻelua, e ʻike pono ua ʻōwili maikaʻi ʻia a mālama iā lākou i kahi maloʻo a maloʻo," wahi a Johnson. Hoʻoholo kēia i ka pahu friji, "he haʻahaʻa loa." Inā noho ʻoe ma kahi wela loa a ʻo ka friji wale nō kāu koho, manaʻo ʻo ia e uhi paʻa i ke kokoleka me ka ʻili plastik a hoʻokomo i nā kaola i loko o kahi ʻeke zip-luna e pale ai i ka makū mai ke komo ʻana.
He aha ka hana inā lilo ke kokoleka i keʻokeʻo?
ʻAʻole ʻo ka wehe ʻana o ke kokoleka i ka pau ʻana o kāu mau meaʻai. "Maikaʻi ka Chocolate no ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana, ka kuke ʻana, a i ʻole ke kuke ʻana," wahi a Elbow. Manaʻo ʻo Sharma e hoʻoheheʻe i ke kokoleka pua e hoʻopiha ai, a ʻokiʻoki paha a hoʻohana ʻia i loko o nā meaʻai i kālua ʻia e like me nā kuki. Ke kū mai ka pilikia o ke kō keʻokeʻo, hoʻohana ʻo Laiskonis iā ia e hana i kahi mousse a i ʻole ganache, "kahi e hoʻoheheʻe ai nā kristal kō nui," wahi āna. Akā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai wale.
