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Dark Chocolate Truffles

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I have never really adored Chocolate. They say ‘’Chocolate is a Girl’s Best friend, after diamonds’’… Seriously ??  I am not sure about the answer..
I liked them  when I was in school, but never actually was crazy for it. And that is the reason why I always preferred Pineapple cake over chocolate ones.. All my friends loved Chocolate cakes so when it was birthdays times, had to had it, that’s another thing.

The other day I got this Book of chocolate recipes from the Library, and it has been like 2 months now and I have not even tried a single recipe. Bizarre, but true.. I don’t muster courage for preparing a recipe with core Ingredient as Chocolate. I know it may sound offensive to many readers, including some of my own friends. But that’s what I am like.. willing to change though since Chocolate is a very flexible ingredient for cooking. Hence I started with one recipe from that book and finally .. like it  too 🙂


A very simple recipe, made with Chocolate Ganache. Actually I started with Ganache to bake a cake next day. But I didn’t get time and it got untouched. To finish it off, I rolled these Truffles and made hubby happy 🙂 These truffles imparted the real dark taste of Chocolate with smoothness of cream. Well, it is unhealthy and full of fat.. but its Chocolate 🙂


Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Chocolate ( I used half Dark Chocolate, half Milk chocolate )
  • 1 cup double cream
  • 1 tbsp Melted butter
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup Icing Sugar

Method:

  • Break the chocolate into very small pieces and place in a large mixing bowl 
  • Bring the cream almost to boiling point, add butter and vanilla extract to the hot cream,  then slowly pour the cream over the chocolate and stir constantly with a wooden spoon or balloon whisk, until the chocolate has completely melted and well blended. Chocolate Ganache is ready.


  • Keep the mixture in Fridge for atleast an hour till it gets chilled off. Take off from the Fridge after its chilled completely and scoop it out little by little. 
  • Mix cocoa powder and Icing Sugar in equal quantities and roll the scooped Chocolate bites over it. 
  • Its ready to serve, keep them at low temperature and take them out only when serving fresh.




Notes:

  • Use a round spoon to scoop the mixture out and roll them with your palms. 
  • You can spread some icing sugar or chopped nuts to give them a crunchy bite. 

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Comments

  9. Good way to use up excess ganache.
    But I’m not so fond of truffles, so I would rather melt the ganache and make hot chocolate or pour over ice cream … or make another cake to cover it with. Hehe.

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