PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Cacao Barry - Mi-Amere Dark Chocolate 58% - 11 lb is a refined dark chocolate couverture with a delicately roasted cocoa character and layers of fruity, sour, and subtle vegetal notes. At 58% cocoa, Mi-Amère offers enough intensity to bring depth to desserts while maintaining a balanced flavor profile that works beautifully across a wide range of pastry and chocolate applications. Its three-drop, medium-fluidity profile provides a smooth working consistency, making it a dependable choice when both flavor and versatility matter.

Use Mi-Amère to create glossy ganaches, molded chocolates, enrobed confections, bars, and tablets, or incorporate it into mousses, crémeux, sauces, cakes, brownies, cheesecakes, and frozen desserts. Its roasted cocoa character pairs especially well with anise, black cherry, sour cherry, raspberry, sesame, and coffee, giving pastry chefs plenty of room to build complementary or contrasting flavor combinations. The 11 lb format is well suited to professional kitchens where dark couverture is used regularly, whether for everyday pastry production or more intricate chocolate work. Made with primarily West African cocoa beans, Mi-Amère brings a distinctive, nuanced character to finished desserts while remaining practical and approachable for a variety of techniques.

Features & Benefits

• 58% Cocoa Dark Chocolate – Delivers a rich cocoa foundation with balanced dark chocolate intensity.
• Delicately Roasted Cocoa – Provides depth and warmth without overwhelming the other flavors in a dessert.
• Fruity & Subtly Sour Notes – Adds brightness and complexity to ganaches, mousses, molded chocolates, and desserts.
• Three-Drop Medium Fluidity – Offers versatile workability for molding, enrobing, ganache, and other chocolate techniques.

Ideal Applications: With its medium fluidity and excellent workability, Cacao Barry Mi-Amère 58% is highly versatile for:

• Smooth ganaches and crémeux.
• Precision moulding of bars, tablets, and bonbons.
• Enrobing and glazing.
• Baking applications.
• Mousses, sauces, and plated desserts.
• It melts, tempers, and molds reliably, delivering consistent, high-quality results across a wide range of techniques.

Case Size: Box of (4) 11 lb units

Looking for a smaller size? Available by the single: Checkout our Cacao Barry - Mi-Amere Dark Chocolate 58% - 11 lb

Composition: 58% Cacao, 38% Cocoa Butter

Fluidity: Three-drop

Tempering:
T1 Melting  45/50C 113/122F
T2 Crystallization  27C 81F
T3 Working  31/32C 88/90F

Origin of beans: Primarily West African; mostly Forastero variety.

Pairing Suggestions: Anise Seeds, Black Cherry, Sour Cherry, Raspberry, Sesame, Coffee

Ingredients: Unsweetened chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor.

Dietary Notes: Kosher Dairy. Contains soy. May contain milk.

Storage Recommendations: Dry and cool (68 - 72F, 20 - 22C); keep out of direct sunlight and away from foreign odors.

Product of France.

 

SHIPPING

Cool Weather: Temperatures below 70F - Orders ship Monday through Friday.

Warm Weather: Temperatures above 70F - Chocolate and perishables ship Monday through Wednesday for USPS Priority and UPS 2-Day Air, or Monday thru Thursday for UPS Next Day Air. Ground shipping should NOT be used during warm weather.

The Pastry Depot is not responsible for product(s) melting if UPS Next Day Air is NOT selected. With all shipping methods, someone must be present to receive the package and bring it inside immediately. See our Warm Weather Shipping Policy.