Truffles

0 Truffles

Mar 06

Here is the simplest way to make Truffles. You only need three ingredients , chocolate, cream and powdered chocolate. After that you can start to add any combination of coatings and flavors such as added Grand Marnier to give a little orange flavor but this is how easy it is.

On 06/03/2011 (Sunday) at 3:18 pm by Benny.
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Details

Prep Time:
60 min
Cook Time:
20 min
Ready Time:
1 hour, 20 min

Servings

4 servings

Ingredients

8 ounces good 70 percent chocolate chopped
½ cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
½ cup Dutch process cocoa, sifted for the garnish

Directions

Heat the cream until just about to boil and pour on top of the chocolate in a bowl and make sure you have the chocolate covered in the cream wait a few minutes and then mix until the chocolate is melted.

Add in the vanilla.

Cover the bowl and refrigerate it until the mixture, called ganache has a firm consistency this should take a few hours.

After the chocolate mixture has a firm consistency, take a melon scoop or spoon and form balls. Roll the balls in the cocoa. Put the truffles in an appropriate container and chill until ready to eat.

Easy stuff and will blow your guest out of the water. Give it a try and if you want to go inexpensive practice with some chocolate chips before you get the Peruvian chocolate.

Benny

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About Benny

Passion for healthy amazing food. I am on crusade to get kids eat better and people in general learning how to cook for themselves. If I here that McDonald's is cheaper than eating homemade I will prove anyone wrong.