Grating Chocolate In Food Processor: Tips, Tricks, And Techniques

Chocolate is a delicious and versatile ingredient used in many different recipes. Everybody likes to add chocolate shavings or grated chocolate to their dessert. But grating is a messy task, and it might start melting in our hands. So how can you grate chocolate? Is it possible to grate chocolate in a food processor?

The answer is yes. Food processors can grate chocolate, although many think it’s an easy hand operation. Using a food processor to grate a bar of chocolate may not be the greatest option. Suppose you blend it in for even a few minutes longer than necessary. In that case, you will end up with melted chocolate instead of grated chocolate. There are many other options to grate or shave chocolate easily.

So in this article, I will discuss the ways of grating chocolate bars in the food processor and other more accessible ways. To know more about chocolate grating, keep reading!!

Different Tools for Grating, Curling, And Chunking The Chocolate Bar

Before you start grating or curling, put the chocolate and tools in the refrigerator for 15 minutes so that the chocolate can not melt or can’t stick to the tools.

Food processor: You can grate chocolate in a food processor, but it’s trickier than shredding cheese or nuts. The good news is that you don’t need any special equipment. The bad news is that the results aren’t always even, and you must be careful about how much chocolate you start with.

Box grater or Microplane: You can grate chocolate with a regular box grater, but a Microplane makes it much easier. A Microplane is a great tool for sprinkling grated chocolate on a cake or dessert.

Bread knife or serrated knife: If you want to make chunks of chopped chocolate for cookies, you’ll need a strong knife. A bread knife or serrated knife ideal may be better for chopping chocolate.

Vegetable peeler: If you want to make curls, make sure you have a sharp vegetable peeler in your chocolate toolkit.

Grating Chocolate In A Food Processor

You can grate any chocolate, but harder kinds will give you better and more precise results. For example, dark chocolate with a high cacao percentage will work better than white chocolate. If you have to grate a soft chocolate bar, put it in the fridge or freezer first.

Some important notes about grating chocolate in a food processor:

• It would be best if you put the chocolate bar in the refrigerator
• Make sure your food processor is clean before grating the chocolate. Dirty blades can cause inaccurate results.
• Chocolate can be sensitive to heat, so process it slowly and carefully. Overprocessing can melt or ruin your chocolate.
• Keep a spatula or wooden spoon to get out the grated chocolate.
• If you find that your chocolate is sticking to the sides of the food processor bowl, add a little water or oil to help loosen it up.

1.  Cut the chocolate bar into thin strips or bits to fit in the processor.
2. Please put them in the processor bowl with the blade attachment on top (this will help things go more smoothly).
3.  Start your food processor and let it run for however long it takes to grate all of the chocolate finely.
4.  When finished, it will look like very little sugar or sand grains, almost like powdered sugar.

Grating Chocolate for Top of Desserts or Make Truffles

If you want to grate chocolate to put on top of desserts or make truffles, here’s how:

• Using the grater attachment on your food processor, shred small pieces of chocolate into a bowl. If you grate too much chocolate at once, it will melt and stick together, making it hard to get out of the grater.
• Keep the grated chocolate back in its original container or another container if you want to keep them separate. This will help them cool down quickly. If not, they will get messy when they meet again and come in contact with something warm, like your fingers or a spoon.
• Using a vegetable peeler, scrape off the top layer of dark chocolate bars or blocks while holding the bar’s bottom.

Grate chocolate with a Knife

We can all agree that eating chocolate is one of life’s greatest joys. If you don’t have the correct tools, cutting up a large bar for melting chocolate chips is tricky.

It is a trick many professionals use, but few home cooks know that a bread knife is all you need to cut up a big hunk of chocolate. The small teeth of a long serrated blade offer less resistance when cutting into the chocolate, which means you can effortlessly cut straight down.

Now the straight blade of a non-serrated knife is much more difficult to push through a hard block of chocolate. The blade gets pushed off the block at the angle leading to uneven pieces.

So to get the best possible, place the tip of the serrated knife on the cutting board and the blade on a corner of the chocolate.

Then push down with both hands for the best pieces. Cut as close together as you can and watch as thin curtains of chocolate nearly fall off the block.

Shaving A Chocolate With a Vegetable Peeler

For shaving a bar of chocolate, you’ll need a vegetable peeler, a sharp knife, and a bench scraper.

• First, cut the ends off of the chocolate bar.
• Then, cut the chocolate into thin strips along their length. Use the bench scraper to scrape any leftover chocolate off the bars’ sides.

Grate Chocolate With a Microplane or Box Grater

You can grate any chocolate, but harder kinds will give you better and more precise results. For example, dark chocolate with a high cacao percentage will work better than white chocolate. If you have to grate a soft chocolate bar, put it in the fridge or freezer first.

• Cut your chocolate bar into pieces that you can easily hold in one hand. Put your chocolate chunk and the Microplane or other tool you’ll use to grate it in the fridge for about 15 minutes. So, the chocolate won’t melt in your hand as you grate it.
• Hold the Microplane or other tool and the chocolate (gently!) in one hand. Hold them over your dessert and drag the chocolate along the Microplane. This will give the effect of dusting. Keep going until you have as much grated chocolate as you want.

FAQs

What is the easiest way to grate a chocolate bar?

Cut chocolate blocks into chunks for melting or making cookies is best with a knife. Also, a sharp chef’s knife or serrated bread knife is the best knife for chopping chocolate, so make sure you have these in your chocolate toolkit.

Can you grind chocolate in a blender?

No, you don’t grind it. It would melt through just the heat of the blade or gears. If you want to shave it, use a knife and cut thin bits off it.

Can you freeze grated chocolate?

One of the most common ways to keep things fresh longer is to freeze them. But does freezing chocolate work well? The answer is Yes. You can freeze chocolate for up to two years without changing its texture or taste. You need to put it in a container that keeps air out and let it defrost without changing the temperature too much.

Conclusion

In conclusion, you can grate chocolate in a food processor – it just takes time and patience. A manual grater might be a better option if you’re looking to quickly and easily grate chocolate for a recipe. Thanks for reading!