How to melt chocolate in the microwave

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   First of all, it is necessary to choose a good chocolate for melting, since not every chocolate is suitable for this process. Look at the composition. In dark and milk chocolate, the cocoa content should be at least 60%, for white and other types of chocolate, there must be cocoa butter and no vegetable fats in the composition. Porous chocolate and chocolate with different fillers are not suitable for melting.

2. Step 2:

   

   Also chocolate should be at room temperature. To melt chocolate, it is better to use ceramic dishes, it should be dry and it does not need to be covered with anything. So, to melt the chocolate in the microwave - break it into small pieces, put them in a ceramic cup, send them to the microwave, select the defrosting mode, this mode provides a soft, uniform heating - what you need for chocolate, set a time of 20 seconds.

4. Step 3:

   

   Take out the cup, mix it and put it in the microwave again. Repeat these steps until the chocolate is completely melted. On average, it takes 1.5 - 2 minutes to melt 100 grams of chocolate. The melting time of chocolate depends on the amount of cocoa contained in it, the more cocoa, the longer it melts. I have dark chocolate, it took a minute and a half to melt. White chocolate is the most delicate in this regard, it needs to be melted carefully.

5. Step 4:

   

   Check the condition every 10 seconds and stir. You can use pure melted chocolate, or you can make a glaze - just add butter to another hot chocolate (50 grams of butter per 100 grams of chocolate), mix until smooth and cover cakes, cupcakes, muffins, cakes, homemade sweets or make fruits in chocolate.