Re:tracing trouble

November 22, 2004

Hi e,

Might be the olive oil if the recipe is mostly a high percentage of it. I used

to do an all olive oil one myself and without a stickblender, it would have

probably taken weeks to trace. One little trick I did use was mix at much higher

temps, Like around 190 or higher if the mood hit me. That got the trace going

much faster. Using a stick blender will also help you out a bit I think, with

bringing it to trace faster. Did the same recipe trace quickly before?

Bill

I've had trouble

> getting my batch to trace the last two time I've tried. I followed

> the recipe to the " t " using the temperatures that were given. They

> are mostly olive oil, cocabutter and palm oil. an hour and a half of

> stirring today it thickened, but not enough to trace.

> e

November 23, 2004

Thanks for the tips Bill, I'll give it a try. The recipe called for

16 oz of olive oil for a 40 oz batch, so that may be the culprit.

e

> Hi e,

> Might be the olive oil if the recipe is mostly a high percentage of

it. I used to do an all olive oil one myself and without a

stickblender, it would have probably taken weeks to trace. One little

trick I did use was mix at much higher temps, Like around 190 or

higher if the mood hit me. That got the trace going much faster.

Using a stick blender will also help you out a bit I think, with

bringing it to trace faster. Did the same recipe trace quickly before?

> Bill

>

> I've had trouble

> > getting my batch to trace the last two time I've tried. I

followed

> > the recipe to the " t " using the temperatures that were given.

They

> > are mostly olive oil, cocabutter and palm oil. an hour and a half

of

> > stirring today it thickened, but not enough to trace.

> > e

>

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