Alton Brown's to Die for Truffles
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
40 Truffles
- Serves:
- 30-40
ingredients
- 10 ounces chocolate (chopped finely. I like to use morsels because chopping takes forever)
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1⁄2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon cognac (if desired and available)
- 5 -10 ounces chocolate (enough melted chocolate to coat truffles)
- cocoa powder (shredded and toasted) (optional) or confectioners' sugar (shredded and toasted) (optional)
directions
- combine cream and corn syrup into a medium sized pot and bring to a simmer.
- while cream and syrup mixture cooks, add chocolate and butter to microwave for 30 seconds on high
- take out and stir.
- repeat # 2.
- take cream concoction and pour over chocolate (this is also where you will add cognac) wait ten minutes before you stir together.
- after stirring all ingredients, pour into a flat baking pan and let cool in fridge for 1 hour.
- take out the mixture and scoop to form balls of chocolate.
- dip chocolate into melted chocolate desired and then coat with various coating.
- let shells air dry for about 4 minutes.
- serve immediately or.
- store in air tight container in fridge.
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