Chocolate Truffle Recipes
Your guide to chocolate truffle recipes
Have a go at making your own chocolate truffles with these recipes.
Decadent Dinner Party Chocolate Truffles
This decadent rich truffles are perfect to finish of a dinner
party with.
Ingredients
200g/7oz good quality dark chocolate which contains at least
70% cocoa
200g/7oz double or whipping cream
small amount unsalted butter(optional, butter gives the truffles
a longer shelf life)
cocoa powder, for dusting
It would be good to have a cooking thermometer to check the temperature
of your truffle mixture during preparation.
Method
- Finely chop your chocolate to achieve an even melting.
- Cut your unsalted butter into small hazelnut-sized pieces
and again bring it up to room temperature at 20C/68F. But do
not allow the butter to melt.
- Warm your mixing bowl to about 37C/99F or a little higher,
it should feel hand hot.
- Heat your whipping or double cream gently until just boiling.
Immediately drizzle a quarter of the cream into the centre of
your chocolate. Mix the cream into the chocolate to make the
ganache, add more cream a little at a time, gradually working
outwards as the mixture develops just like mayonnaise.
- Blend in your softened butter when your mixture is just about
37C/99F. You should aim to achieve the consistency of mayonnaise
to ensure a perfect result.
- Cool your mixture at 15C/59F, overnight in a cool airy room
is best.
- Form your desired truffle shape.
- Dip into liquid tempered chocolate if you want to keep the
truffles for more than two days and finally roll in cocoa powder.
Or simply roll in cocoa powder and eat!
From the BBC