Modeling Chocolate

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 5 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 3 tablespoons light corn syrup

Recipe

• 1 melt the chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water.
• 2 (or use a double boiler.) stir in the corn syrup, and the chocolate will stiffen immediately.
• 3 stir until completely combined.
• 4 wrap in plastic, and cool to room temperature.
• 5 when it's time to work with it, just knead it like dough.
• 6 it will soften to just the right texture from contact with the warmth of your hands.
• 7 roll with a rolling pin, or pass it through a pasta machine, beginning with a wide aperture,then gradually decreasing the size of the opening until it reaches your preferred thinness.
• 8 shape it any way you want!