THE CHOCOLATE MYTH

You do not need to use a double boiler to melt chocolate ( placing chocolate pieces in a dish over boiling water). This is a very old fashioned method that was in some cases and is still used when cheap chocolate would/will split unless heated slowly. This happens because lower quality chocolate is lower in stabalising fats and high in sugar content. Good quality dark chocolate will not burn or split being melted in a saucepan over a medium heat or in 10 second increments in your microwave.