Beyond Wonderful Barbara Adams: How To Chop Chocolate for Melting, Learn to Cook, Cooking Tips for Beginners and Advanced Cooks

HOW TO

Chop Chocolate for Melting

Chopping chocolate takes real effort, so it definitely entitles you to an extra large serving of the finished dessert! Since chocolate dulls knives in no time, save your best utensils for other jobs and use a heavy-duty “junk” knife exclusively for this and other rugged tasks.


		1. Set the chocolate block on a sturdy cutting board.

		2. Chop with a large chef’s knife or cleaver, leaning with your body weight to break through the chocolate.

		3. Chop dark chocolate into 1/2-inch chunks. Uniformity is not important, as long as there are no oversize pieces. Chop milk and white chocolate 1/4-inch or finer.