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Over forty years ago, a little girl fell head over heels in love with the bread she was served in the local village restaurant in the Dordogne. This simple passion led her to train as a baker, but when she stopped being able to eat industrial bread, she embarked on a lifetime of research to discover why she could digest sourdough. This has has grown into The Sourdough School as we know it today; leading the way in the application of the most up to date research, to make bread that nourishes.
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Menakao 80% Dark Cooking Chocolate 2.5kg
Menakao 80% Dark Couverture 2.5kg
Menakao 80% Dark Baking Chocolate 2.5kg

Menakao 80% Dark Chocolate Couverture 2.5kg

£45.79

This is truly ethical chocolate for cooking and baking. One of only a few chocolate makers in the world that make chocolate at the source, Madagascar-based Menakao produce a deliciously fruity range of cooking chocolate using local beans, for both home and professional bakers.

This is Menakao 80% dark chocolate cooking chocolate (couverture) buttons.

These deliciously dark 80% couverture pistoles are a little wild! A sensationally fruity chocolate that packs a little more punch than Menakao’s 63%, for those who like their flavours just a little more intense. The high citrus notes here sharpen the natural fruitiness which makes Madagascan cocoa beans so famously adored. This is perfect for a variety of uses in the kitchen.

2.5kg

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Menakao 80% Dark Cooking Chocolate 2.5kg

Menakao 80% Dark Chocolate Couverture for cooking & baking.

This is truly ethical cooking chocolate – a 2.5kg bag of 80% Dark Cooking & Baking Chocolate (couverture) buttons, for both home and professional bakers.

These deliciously dark 80% couverture pistoles are a little wild! A sensationally fruity chocolate that packs a little more punch than Menakao’s 63%, for those who like their flavours just a little more intense. The high citrus notes here sharpen the natural fruitiness which makes Madagascan cocoa beans so famously adored. This is perfect for a variety of uses in the kitchen.

Menakao 80% Dark Cooking Chocolate Couverture – citrus, fruity and dark.

This ethical cooking chocolate doesn’t just taste good, it does good. Madagascan chocolate maker Menakao proudly crafts its chocolate on the island, using only local ingredients. Unfortunately, this is rare even for craft chocolate – it’s estimated that less than 5% of the world’s chocolate is produced in the same country the cocoa is grown. By making the chocolate in Madagascar in addition to growing the cacao on the island, Menakao generate about 4-5 times the benefit of Fair Trade for the local Madagascan economy.

One of only a few chocolate makers in the world that make chocolate at the source, Madagascar-based Menakao produce a deliciously fruity range of cooking chocolate using local beans. Read more about Menakao

At the Sourdough School and the Sourdough Club we ensure that we use ethical chocolate in all our chocolate-based recipes. It is so difficult to find truly ethical cooking chocolate for home and professional use in supermarkets and high street shops, so we are delighted to include this range in our online shop. Our Sweet Sourdough recipes can be found on our Sourdough Club website.

If you aren’t already a member you can join the Sourdough Club and learn to bake sourdough with Vanessa online.

Beyond Fair Trade chocolate

Many artisan chocolate makers source their cocoa beans directly from the farmers and farmer co-operatives, cutting out the middlemen and ensuring a significantly higher price, which is more than the Fair Trade premium, for the farmer.

Why Bean-To-Bar chocolate?

Just as the way grapes are grown and nurtured is critical for the quality of great wine, the same is true for cocoa beans and chocolate. Soil conditions, climate and the care and attention of the farmers and chocolate makers all impact the final product.

The best chocolate often comes from chocolate makers who have a direct relationship with the farmers they buy from. This direct trade also cuts out middlemen and ensures higher payments to cocoa farmers in some of the world’s poorest countries.

The same care and attention to detail also characterises the makers who source these beans and create the bars or the cocoa powder. Whether they’re working out of a small kitchen or a dedicated factory, all these makers are united in the care and attention they make to creating their chocolate.

You can view the full range of Cocoa Runners cooking and baking chocolate, cocoa powder and cocoa nibs in our shop.

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