CHOCOLATES

Venezuelan Black is a unsweetened chocolate containing 100% cacao solids. It s made with top quality cacao beans from Venezuela, and roasted, conched and packed in England. It is sold in 180 gram solid chocolate bars. The owner, Willie Harcourt-Cooze, is the only small cacao grower-producer in the UK. He has been farming cacao for more than a decade at the Hacienda El Tesoro, his beautiful farm in Venezuela. For more information about the chocolate farm and his production of chocolate, see Report on Channel 4.

We have tried the “Rio Caribe Superior”, and it is the best 100% cacao chocolate bar we have ever tested! The flavor is rich, fruity like citrus, and the taste is rich, fruity and bitter. After melting some chocolate and mixing with powdered sugar the flavor is similar to the best Venezuelan bittersweet chocolate bars, except that the fruity notes are citrus-like, while other Venezuelan chocolates may have more raisin-like fruity notes.

We will use the Venezual Black chocolate for chocolate recipes that need lots of high-quality chocolate, like chocolate mousse, chocolate souffle, flourless chocolate cakes, and rich chocolate cake recipes.

The price is fairly high, however, when comparing with the price for Amedei Chuao you must remember that the Venezuelan Black does not contain any sugar, so a high price per weight is therefore acceptable.

Please note that this chocolate can also be purchased online on www.venezuelan-black.co.uk.

Editor’s rating:
Type: Unsweetened chocolate.
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