How to Use a Marble Slab to Temper Chocolate

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Melt the chocolate as required by the recipe or chocolate package instructions.

   Work at it with the scraper until it starts to thicken just a little.
   
   The chocolate needs to be worked really well until enough seed crystals form.
   
   The temperature should be 28ºC/82ºF. , Mix well until the combined chocolate reaches a temperature of 34ºC/93ºF evenly.
   
   You'll then need to work very quickly with the chocolate. , While working with it, keep it at this temperature.
   
   This can be done by keeping the bowl in a warm spot or occasionally giving the bowl a blast of heat with a hair dryer set on low.
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   Step 2: Set up a marble slab on a flat surface.

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   Step 3: Pour two thirds of the melted chocolate onto the marble slab.

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   Step 4: Spread the melted chocolate out across the slab using a chocolate scraper.

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   Step 5: Place the worked-on chocolate back with the third of warm chocolate that you didn't spread on the slab.

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   Step 6: If you find that it isn't cool enough

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   Step 7: repeat the steps until it is cooled.

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