Today I’m sharing with you how to make a melting chocolate ball.

今天我要教大家如何製作熱融巧克力球

It’s a ball of chocolate which is melted with hot caramel sauce to reveal something inside.

就是用熱的焦糖漿把巧克力球融化後才露出包在巧克球裡的內餡

These have become quite popular recently and they’re not too difficult to make,

這是最近正夯的巧克力美食而且作法也很簡單

so if you would like to learn how to make it then let’s get started.

如果你想學我們就開始吧

The first thing we will need to do is melt some chocolate.

首先要融化一些巧克力

You can use whichever chocolate you would like here, milk, dark, or even white.

你可以隨意選你喜歡的巧克力，牛奶巧克力、黑巧克力、甚至白巧克力

I would just recommend you use a block of chocolate rather than chocolate chips which are usually chocolate compound.

我會建議妳們用巧克力塊，不要用巧克力脆片，因為巧克力脆片通常是合成巧克力

They don’t actually contain any cocoa butter so they don’t taste near as good as proper chocolate.

完全不含可可脂吃起來沒有真正巧克力的味道

Cut your chocolate up into smaller pieces and place into a bowl.

將巧克力切成小塊後放進碗裡

We’re going to melt the chocolate over a Bain Marie, otherwise known as a water bath.

我們要用雙層蒸鍋來融化巧克力，也稱作隔水加熱法

This provides much more of an indirect heat so there is less chance of chocolate burning.

這種間接加熱的方式可以減少巧克力燒焦的機會

Fill a medium sized saucepan with a small amount of water and place over high heat until it starts to boil.

找一個適合的平底深鍋放入少量的水並用大火加熱到水滾

Turn off the heat and place the bowl of chocolate over the top.

把火關掉然後將裝有巧克力的碗放在鍋子上

The bowl shouldn’t touch the water in saucepan so make sure there isn’t too much water.

碗不可以碰到水，所以要確定鍋裡的水不能太多

The steam trapped underneath the bowl will rise up and melt the chocolate.

水蒸氣會上升將碗底加熱來融化巧克力

So leave it for a few minutes before giving it a stir.

先靜置幾分鐘然後再開始攪拌

Once the chocolate has melted remove the bowl from the saucepan.

等巧克力已經融化後就可以將碗拿開

Make sure your chocolate is not too hot, it needs to be around 30 degrees celsius or 90 fahrenheit

要確定巧克力不會過熱，必須保持在攝氏30度或華氏90度左右

so it will harden at room temperature and have a shine to it.

這樣才能在室溫硬化並且有光澤

Separate a round mold and spoon in few tablespoons of melted chocolate, place on the other half.

將已融化的巧克力舀出幾湯匙倒入圓球的模具裡，把另外半個模具蓋上去

Rotate the mold around so it is coated evenly with the chocolate, the easiest way I’ve found to do this by shaking the mold.

旋轉模具使裡面的巧克力可以均勻地塗抹在內層，但我發現最簡單的方式就是用搖的

It works quite well at evenly dispersing the chocolate.

這樣做巧克力可以分佈的很均勻

The mold I am using is 10cm or about 4 inches in diameter, I will have it linked in the information box if you are interested.

我用的模具直徑是10公分約４英吋，如果你對模具有興趣，我會將它的資訊連結放在訊息欄裡

Once the chocolate has evenly coated the mold place it into the fridge for about 20 minutes to harden.

巧克力塗好模具後，將模具放進冰箱約20分鐘讓巧克力硬化

While you are waiting for the chocolate ball to harden you can make the caramel sauce.

你可以利用等待巧克力硬化的時間來做焦糖漿

It only requires a few ingredients, I will have the recipe listed in the information box.

只需要很少的材料，我會將製作焦糖漿的食譜放在訊息欄裡

Once the chocolate ball has hardened remove it from the fridge and set it to the side.

當巧克力已經硬化後就從冰箱取出放置在一旁

To fit anything inside the chocolate ball we need create an opening at one end.

們要將巧克力球開一個缺口，這樣才能把內餡放進去

The easiest way to do this is to heat up a surface like a cup or mug or ramekin to melt the chocolate.

最簡單的方式就是把杯子或馬克杯或小烤碗的底部加熱來融化巧克力

To do this I am using boiling water.

我用滾水來加熱

Place the ramekin into the boiling water and leave it to heat up for about 30 seconds or so.

把小烤碗放進滾水裡大約30秒讓它變熱

Remove the ramekin from the saucepan using tongs and use a paper towel to dry it.

用鉗子把小烤碗取出然後用紙巾擦乾

Remove the chocolate ball from the mold by pulling apart each end. The chocolate ball should come out very easily,

把模具的兩端往外拉就可以很輕易的將巧克力球取出來

if it doesn't it might not be quite set yet. Just place it back into the fridge.

如果取不出來很可能是還不夠硬。只要再放回冰箱多冰一下就可以了

Be very careful with the chocolate ball at this point as it’s very fragile and can crack easily.

這個時候動作要小心一點因為巧克力球很容易碎掉

Set the chocolate ball on top of the hot ramekin and move it around as it starts to melt the chocolate at the bottom.

把巧克力球放到小烤碗上然後用畫圓方式摩擦直到球的底部開始融化

You don’t want too big of gap, just enough to fit something inside.

不要弄成很大的缺口，缺口的大小只要夠放進餡料就可以了

Remove the chocolate ball from the ramekin and set it to the side.

將巧克力球先放到旁邊

For the inside of the chocolate ball the possibilities are endless.

你可以盡量發揮創意去決定用什麼當內餡

I’m going for a sort of sundae theme so I am using ice cream and fruit but you could use any type of dessert that would fit.

我選的主題是聖代所以我要用冰淇淋和水果，你也可以用其他的甜點只要放得進去就行

I’m placing a few scoops of ice cream into a bowl, followed by some strawberries, blueberries, and finally some mint.

我要挖幾勺冰淇淋放在碗裡，再放一些草莓，藍莓，最後放一些薄荷

Then it’s time to slowly place over the chocolate ball, making sure that everything fits inside.

接著就是將巧克力球蓋上去，要確定內餡全部都包進去了

When you are ready to serve the Melting Chocolate Ball Dessert make sure your caramel sauce is hot.

在你準備將這道熱融巧克力甜點端上桌之前要確保你的焦糖漿是熱的

Pour it into a serving jug.

把焦糖漿倒進壺裡

To serve the dessert slowly start to pour the hot caramel sauce over the chocolate ball

要享用的時候只要將熱的焦糖漿慢慢地倒在巧克力球上

and it should slowly start to melt, revealing the filling inside.

巧克力球就會漸漸地融化，然後就看到裡面的內餡

This is a really show stopping dessert that would impress anyone, but it’s not actually too difficult to make so give it a try!

這是絕對是一道會讓大家驚豔的甜點，做起來也不會很困難，快來試做一下吧！

I hope you enjoyed this video, if you would like to see more then just take a look at my channel.

希望你喜歡這部影片，如果你還想看更多就請到我的視頻來逛逛吧

Thank you for watching and I will see you in my video.

謝謝收看，我們下部影片再見

Bye!

掰！