What is Couvertur Chocolate?
All You Need to Know About Couverture Chocolate. What is Couverture Chocolate? Couverture is the name given to a certain class of high-quality chocolate. All chocolate bars contain many of the same base ingredients—cocoa solids, cocoa butter, sugar, and perhaps additives like vanilla, soy lecithin, or milk powder. But couverture chocolate, unlike regular chocolate, is ground to a finer texture during the production process and contains a greater percentage of cocoa butter relative to the other ingredients. These two differences produce a superior flavor and texture that makes couverture the preferred chocolate for tempering and enrobing truffles, bonbons, and other fine candies. In America, the precise standards for couverture chocolate state that couverture chocolate must contain a minimum of 35% cocoa solids and 31% cocoa butter. (Here's a primer onhow chocolate is made and what these percentages mean.) 31% is just the minimum amount, howeve...
