A Chocolate Box of Truffles
- Ready In:
- 2hrs
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
15 truffles
ingredients
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Essential
- 0.26 lb chocolate (70%+)
- 1⁄2 cup cream
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Optional extras
- 1⁄16 - 1⁄8 cup calvados, brandy, rum or 1/16-1/8 cup other alcohol
- 2 2 tablespoons brazil nuts or 2 tablespoons macadamia nuts, chopped
- 2 tablespoons almonds or 2 tablespoons hazelnuts, chopped
- 1 tablespoon raisins or 1 tablespoon other dried fruit, chopped
- icing sugar (for dusting)
- cocoa powder (for dusting)
directions
- Cover a baking tray with clingfilm and/or use chocolate cases.
- Break the chocolate into small pieces in a large bowl.
- Bring the cream to a rolling boil.
- Pour the cream onto the chocolate and stir until fully melted and blended in .
- Optional Stage: You can split the chocolate mixture into different bowls. I tend to keep a 3rd plain and mix a 3rd with a combo of nuts and raisins and a mix a 3rd with some alcohol. All flavourings are only suggestions.
- Leave to set at room temperature (uncovered).
- After 90 minutes or so the chocolate mixture should be set (it can take longer with some alcohol).
- Roll a teaspoon of mixture into a ball and immediately roll the ball in icing sugar, cocoa powder or finely chopped nuts. Place on tray or in cases.
- Repeat until all of the chocolate mixture has been turned into truffles.
- NB It is also possible to melt some additional chocolate and coat the truffles in this as a nice coating!
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I am Emma, a part-time photocopy girl and part-time PhD student working on the Flood story in children's books. It is much more exciting than it sounds (well, except for the photocopying bit).
I am English married to a Dutch bloke and we are both obsessed by food and travelling - hoorah! When I first joined Zaar my fave cookbooks were on the opposite ends of the spectrum: 'The Classic 1000 Quick and Easy Recipes' by Carloine Humphries and Gordon Ramsay's 'Just Deserts'. I hardly ever use the first book now because Zaar has replaced it. The second book can be extended to 'anything by Gordon Ramsay'. It is amazing that such a recognised chef can write recipes that always turn out well! What is particularly exciting about them is that when they aren't quite right I always know what I did wrong and can fix it the next time.
When all said and done though, I really am a pudding cook. Main meals are great and I love them but I get much more pleasure from outrageous deserts. They have to be really outrageous though, with 6 eggs, a pint of cream and giant bars of chocolate. None of this delicate mousse type thing. I made a bavorois the other day and when all said and done it was just a posh mousse.
I hope to post more recipes but finding the time is hard. When I review recipes I try to use the following ratings:
5 stars = great, I will make it again perhaps many times
4 stars = good, I will make it again but will probably adapt it
3 stars = ok, I may make it again but will definitely adapt it
2 stars = something went wrong
1 star = if I ever need to use this I won't post a review. I am too much of a scaredy custard
I will always be honest and will try to give constructive feedback as well as say what I did differently. In cases where something went wrong I will try to explain why.
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