Hazelnut Truffles
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
-
25
ingredients
- 100 g ground hazelnuts
- 29.58 ml brandy or 29.58 ml cognac
- 100 g powdered sugar
- 125 g milk chocolate
directions
- Toast ground hazelnut on medium heat in a pan, constantly stirring.
- In a bowl, mix warm nuts with alcohol and sugar and knead into a dough.
- If dough is too firm, add some warm water.
- Melt the chocolate in a bain marie and temper, if you can.
- Form walnut-size balls from the nut-dough.
- Dip in chocolate and set on aluminum foil to firm up.
- Let cool and firm up for about 2 hours.
- Do not chill in the fridge as this will cause condensation moisture and also will ruin the tempering (if you did temper).
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