Grated cocoa is a product obtained during the processing of cocoa beans. Before turning them into cocoa butter, a powder is obtained that has great energy value and irreplaceable useful qualities. Theobromine, caffeine, proteins and carbohydrates in large quantities are found in the fruits of the chocolate tree.
Useful components: why it is used in cooking
Cocoa is a storehouse of vitamins, proteins and fats. It contains vitamins A, B, PP, a large amount of minerals, starch and sugar. The product is very high in calories, therefore it saturates and restores the balance of power for a long time. Iron and zinc, which are the most important minerals, especially for a growing organism, are mainly mined from cocoa products. Do not get carried away with chocolates from the shelves of supermarkets, because only real
dark chocolate is distinguished by such positive qualities
. However, there is nothing better for mood than eating a couple of slices of sweet treats.
Grated cocoa in cooking
The powder is obtained by squeezing part of the butter from the cocoa mass. The dairy, bakery and confectionery industry can not do without this delicious product. Chocolate cakes, drinks, various pastries, creams and glazes, cakes and other sweets for sweets are prepared using powder. It restores strength, increases activity and eliminates bad mood from cocoa mass. The use in cooking is due to its remarkable taste, calorie content and nutritional value, and also fast absorption. Cocoa butter is a source of fat in chocolate. It is better to replace energetic and artificial pathogens that are extremely harmful to the body by an energy-efficient drink containing cocoa.
Chocolate Flour Recipes
An affordable, inexpensive and indispensable ingredient for talented (and not so) housewives is grated cocoa. Its properties exceed the characteristics of many products used for the manufacture of confectionery. You can use it not only in desserts, but also in various sauces served with main courses, in soups and dough.
Chocolate and icing
Simple instructions allow home-cooks to diversify home cooking with a sweet touch.
- Easy recipe for hard chocolate. Cocoa butter (one part), powder (three parts) and icing sugar melt together, do not bring to a boil, then beat with a mixer and pour into molds. Leave to cool before hardening in the refrigerator. You can add raisins, nuts, cream during the cooking process, and replace icing sugar with honey.
- Delicious icing for cakes. And it is prepared very simply: sugar (8 tablespoons), butter (half or a third of a pack, about 100 g), powder (3 teaspoons), milk powder (4 tablespoons). All ingredients are thoroughly mixed, you need to cook for 7-10 minutes.
Light and delicious cakes
- Favorite potato! The simplest cake that does not leave anyone indifferent. First melt the grated cocoa and butter. Grind in a blender and toss the Yubileynoye cookies (300 grams) into the mixture, add condensed milk, mold from the thick mass of “potatoes” and leave in the refrigerator. You can improve the cakes with sweet spices to taste, various nuts.
- A delicate Brownie cake is a very popular treat. 260 grams of sugar, 120 grams of butter, a teaspoon of vanillin, two eggs, 90 grams of flour, 70 grams of cocoa, 100 ml of natural yogurt or low-fat sour cream, 1/2 teaspoon of soda, 100 grams of nuts can be added. With a mixer you need to mix sugar and butter, put eggs and vanillin in the mixture, beat well. The powder is mixed with flour and soda, the mass is added to the previous mixture, then yogurt is placed, everything is thoroughly mixed. Bake the dough for a short time, so as not to dry out, 15-20 minutes.
- A glass of milk and sugar, sunflower oil, 4 tablespoons of powder, two eggs, a baking powder and a spoonful of cognac. Mix milk and sugar with butter and cocoa. In one part of the mass, put the egg, flour and baking powder, in the smaller part - cognac. Leave the first mixture in the oven for 25 minutes, the second will be as a glaze. Pour the resulting pie with another mass and cut into equal pieces.
Hot nutritious drinks
Many recipes use an ingredient such as grated cocoa. Its properties and application positively affect the state of the body and appearance. After its use, the mood rises (serotonin is produced - the “hormone of happiness”). In addition, the powder contains a small amount of caffeine. That is why the product is part of many delicious drinks. It has long been proven that regular use reduces the risk of death from cardiovascular disease by half. The best way to use this product is to prepare from it invigorating drinks that you can drink after sports, as they restore muscle.
- Hot chocolate. Grated cocoa (50-100 grams of powder) is poured with milk, sugar is added to taste (2-3 tablespoons), brought to a boil. After removing from the stove, beat in a blender. You can add cream. Or take grated cocoa and butter in a 5: 1 ratio, leave in a water bath for kindling, pour in warmed milk (not too much, the drink should be thick), add vanilla sugar.
- Gentle vanilla. 25 grams of sugar, a glass of milk, 30 grams of powder, 3 ml of vanilla essence, a little water. Add powder and sugar to hot water, mix, the mass should turn out to be thick. Pour milk and boil the mixture for 5 minutes, instead of the essence, you can pour vanilla sugar. Serve a nutmeg drink.
- And another recipe with coffee and powder. Ground coffee, powder and sugar are heated in a Turk. After pouring water, bring the coffee to readiness, move it to another container. Then you need to slowly pour 1% milk, stirring until a homogeneous consistency, at the end add vanilla, cream, nuts to taste.
Cocoa
Known for its encouraging properties, the product is indispensable as a quick tonic.
- Cocoa and banana cocktail. 60 ml of milk, one banana, two tablespoons of the powder bring to a homogeneous mass in a blender. Serve with crushed ice.
- A refreshing cocktail. A simple recipe that instantly relieves fatigue. Two servings will need 30 ml of water, 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder, a spoon of coffee, sugar to taste, one egg, a teaspoon of wheat germ, two glasses of milk. Pour powder and coffee into boiling water, then pour milk, add sugar and sprouts. Mix the resulting mass in a blender.
- Cold cocktail. Melt a bar of chocolate in a water bath, add a tablespoon of sugar, pour two tablespoons of the powder, pour milk (150 ml). Mix well and cool. With a tablespoon of espresso and a glass of milk, mix the mass in a blender. Pour into two servings, add cream, vanillin.
How to prevent a fake to the table
As a rule, fakes of this powder are rare. The most important thing is to pay attention to the composition. Such a product cannot contain chemicals, therefore cocoa cake and flavoring will be indicated in this line. You should not give preference to very sweet and far from the most useful ready-made chocolate powders, bright and hyped brands. Of course, because of the fast solubility, a large number of
flavor enhancers, sugar, flavorings and other substances, it is difficult to avoid temptation. But it is better to purchase natural cocoa mass, the photo of which is presented above. This is what a harmless product looks like. Natural, it is also almost insoluble in milk. For use, the product must be boiled or dissolved in boiled water.