Why Cook Gourmet Chocolate Centers in Copper Pots?
One of the distinct and tasty advantages to working in a chocolate factory is the opportunity to give tours to great people who love great gourmet chocolates. I wasn’t raised making chocolate confections, so almost everything I’ve learned is new to me. I came on board at Lula’s Chocolates as the business end of things but have found that I have a great interest in the production process. I have had to learned the basics in order to conduct tours when nobody else was available but have taken it upon myself to learn the details of chocolate making. One of the questions I always get asked is why we cook our lush centers in huge, copper pots. This is one of those savory details I have loved investigating. In my search for the answer, I first went to the source-the master chocolatier, Scott Lund. He explained that copper pots transfer the heat better so that the centers cook more evenly and the chances of their burning is reduced. That was a perfectly accurate answer, and one that would pro
