couverture
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Chocolate with more cocoa butter used to coat cakes and chocolates
- noun
- /ˈkuːvərˌtʃɜr/
- Specialized
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cobertura
- For her cake decoration, she selected a rich dark couverture that melted smoothly and added a delicious flavor.
Examples
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Top patisseries prefer using couverture because of its high cocoa butter content, making it ideal for dipping fruits.
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la couverture du "Architecture Digest"
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Apporte ma couverture chauffante.
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The chef used high-quality couverture chocolate to coat the exquisite truffles, giving them a glossy finish.
How High-Quality
Surface Forms
couverture singular
couvertures plural
Etymology
Couverture comes from the French verb couvrir, which means 'to cover', and originally meant a 'covering'. So couverture chocolate is chocolate made for 'covering' pastries and truffles, which is why chefs use it for coating and dipping.