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Help a disaster melting chocolate!

room512
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edited 9 February 2013 at 4:23PM in Old style MoneySaving
I was melting chocolate, butter and golden syrup over a pan of water (glass bowl not touching the water) and had been stirring every few minutes. Just been back and the whole thing has split - chocolate gone grainy and seems to have fat floating on the top. Do I have to bin it and start again or can I rescue it?
Never had this happen in 35 years of baking and am so upset as I don't have any more chocolate!
I've taken it off the heat and it seems to be recovering, but i still have a gloopy bit and a runny bit (of fat) if that makes sense. I was going to stir in crushed shortbread and malteasers - do you think i still can?
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  • Uniscots97
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    I wouldn't risk it as if the glass has split you don't know if its been a clean split or there are small splinters. I've had this happen to me, with an older glass bowl. There was obviously a flaw in the glass which after years of heating, cooling etc it just gave.
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  • Tigsteroonie
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    I don't think the OP meant that the glass bowl had split - but that the ingredients had separated out.

    Sorry OP, I don't know the answer! If you beat it really hard, would it mix?
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  • room512
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    It wasn't the bowl that had split, it was the chocolate! :D I decided to beat it with a metal spoon which made it all stay together and then stirred in the other bits - sure it'll taste good anyway! Just wasn't runny to stir the other bits into. Have no idea what happened to make it split though.
  • Uniscots97
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    sorry room512.....thats what I get for skim reading :D
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • room512
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    Your post actually cheered me up as that would have been a far worse problem! Decided not to tell anyone what happened and see what it tastes like and then maybe confess!
  • aliama
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    Did some googling and it sounds like you might be able to rescue it by taking the bowl off the heat and adding a tablespoon of warm water, melted butter or hot milk or cream for every ounce of chocolate and then stirring or whisking until smooth.



    Apparently it should be okay for baking, but I'm not sure whether it would work for what you're doing. Worth a try though, and even if it looks like crap, the important question is how does it taste?
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  • p00hsticks
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    It sounds like the chocolate might have "seized" - could some water have got in ?

    http://www.thekitchn.com/food-science-why-chocolate-sei-48510
  • room512
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    Will post back later when it's set and let you know what it tastes like!
  • room512
    room512 Posts: 1,416 Forumite
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    I googled and that's the conclusion I came to, but I don't see how any water got in.
    Thanks for everyone's help - I flapped!!!!
  • Raksha
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    I'd bet with all the other stuff in it, nobody will even notice
    Please forgive me if my comments seem abrupt or my questions have obvious answers, I have a mental health condition which affects my ability to see things as others might.
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