If you have marble or other solid surface counters of similar mass you can probably forgo the marble slab.
Buy marble slab for tempering chocolate.
This video teaches you how it works and what you need to look out for.
When it comes to tempering chocolate the slower you melt the chocolate the better the result will be so take your time.
The complex difficult way to temper chocolate.
The marble slab is used for cooling english toffee and for some methods of tempering chocolate.
Marble slab tempering is of course one of the favourite ways of tempering chocolate though i am not quite sure why from what i have read other methods are cheaper easier and just as reliable and i would quite like to be able to do it.
Bring a pan of water to a simmer and then remove from the heat.
If so you re going to need a marble slab.
When tempering chocolate a cool surface is essential for achieving a really professional finish this granite board helps to keep chocolate flat and smooth as you work a great size for home chocolatiers being easy to lift up at an angle which helps with spreading 39 5 x 30cm 15 x 12.
If you re making your own candy this holiday season to give as gifts or to keep for yourself you may be working with fondant or tempering chocolate.
Use the traditional method when tempering over 1kg of chocolate.
The most classic technique for tempering chocolate is handling it on a marble worktop.
The key to the marble slab is getting a big one.
Break the chocolate up into small chunks and place in a bowl.
A marble slab helps to cool down chocolate after melting so that it can be tempered and worked with more easily.
Marble surfaces are useful for working with certain types of food because they stay cool if you place one in the fridge it will hold the cold temperature for a few hours.
Pastry chefs use a method called tabling to temper chocolate a cooling and agitating method that involves pouring two thirds of the melted chocolate onto a marble slab.
But it s super difficult to master and super sensitive.
Melt the chocolate as required by the recipe or.
The traditional marble slab method.