Sentence examples for the couverture from inspiring English sources
noun
Chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets; such a covering.
The new idea of single-origin chocolate means that all the ingredients in the couverture (the wholesale/bulk cocoa used by chefs, chocolatiers etc) must come from the same country and be processed locally.
However, once you are legally recognised as a resident you must contribute to, and can therefore benefit from, the French healthcare system, known as the Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU).
But while truffle makers like Michael Recchiuti or Michel Cluizel charge a mere $80 or $85 a pound for their treats, the markup for Noka could be as much as 50 times the wholesale cost of the couverture, the blogger estimated.
This system has covered the entire population of France since 1 January 2000 when the Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU, Universal Health Coverage Act) extended basic health insurance cover to all legal residents of France.
Chocolate can be the same way". Couverture: The technical name for the high-quality chocolate used to make confections and pastries, from the French couvrir, "to cover". Ganache: Couverture is added to boiled cream to make the filling for many confections.
Like the UK, France a two-tier healthcare system, with a state-run equivalent of the NHS - Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU) - and the private sector.
And is it a classic cognac truffle, dusted with bittersweet cocoa powder, or a simple raspberry-liqueur flavored one, enrobed in the shiniest couverture?
Matt Lewis, an owner of Chocolate Bar, said, "We've been amazed by how many people come in off the street asking about cocoa mass and couverture," the fine baking chocolate used by chocolatiers and pastry chefs.
Craig says the fraud lies in the Masts selling couverture while calling themselves a bean-to-bar company — he likens it to Tiffany's selling cubic zirconium as diamonds — but the larger upset seems to be over the fact that chocolate aficionados don't think the Masts' bean-to-bar efforts hold up, even though the public is too pliable to realize it.
Craig says the fraud lies in the Masts selling couverture while calling themselves a bean-to-bar company—he likens it to Tiffany's selling cubic zirconium as diamonds but the larger upset seems to be over the fact that chocolate aficionados don't think the Masts' bean-to-bar efforts hold up, even though the public is too pliable to realize it.
All of the above are couverture chocolates, a term for all chocolate that is at least 32percentt cocoa butter.
