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Cocoa butter

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In culinary arts & cooking, cocoa butter means: The fat obtained from cocoa beans, used in chocolate and pastry work.

In Turkish: kakao yağı

How it is used

Distinct from cocoa powder; recipes may use it to adjust chocolate's handling properties.

Example sentences

  1. The chocolate recipe included additional cocoa butter.

    The ingredient adds the fat fraction of the cocoa bean.

  2. Coloured cocoa butter decorated the inside of the mould.

    The fat acts as a carrier for a decorative coating.

Common collocations

  • coloured cocoa butter
  • cocoa butter content
  • ingredientOne of the foods or other items, such as flour, oil or salt, that are combined to make a particular dish.
  • pastry chefA chef who specialises in desserts, pastries, breads and other baked goods and usually runs the pastry section of a kitchen. Also called a pâtissier.

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