Week 5 -- Chocolate (Lecture)

This week in lecture, we had our midterm and we discussed chocolate. We talked about how chocolate is made, the differences between milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and white chocolate. I knew that white chocolate isn't actually chocolate, but I wasn't sure what was in it. Now I know that it is cocoa butter, milk solids, and sugar. We also had a chocolate tasting in class. Chef made us three different types of truffles to try. The first, if I remember correctly, was cinnamon and ancho chili, with dried pumpkin crumbles on top. The second, was a basil truffle. It was awesome. That is the second time I've had a truffle with basil in it. You wouldn't think the two would be good together, but they really pair well. The third truffle had rosemary and port. I don't really like rosemary that much, so I wasn't really a fan of this one.