Cacao Bean Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles

• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 cup plus 4 teaspoons cacao nibs
• 10 ounces Sharffen Berger Nibby Bar chocolate (8 ounces finely chopped, 2 ounces in rough chunks)
• Dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 55 small fluted paper cups (optional)

1. 1. Place cream in a 2-quart wide saucepan add 1/4 cup cacao nibs. Cook over medium heat until it just comes to a simmer. Remove from heat and let sit for 10 minutes; strain out nibs and discard. Reheat to a simmer, remove from the heat, and immediately sprinkle 8 ounces finely chopped chocolate into cream. Cover and allow to sit for 5 minutes; the heat should melt the chocolate. Stir very gently until smooth.
2. 2. Pour mixture into a shallow bowl. Cool to room temperature, cover with plastic wrap, then allow to sit, preferably overnight, until firm enough to roll. (Or you may refrigerate ganache until firm, about 4 hours.)
3. 3. Place remaining nibs and chocolate in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Process by pulsing on and off until both are finely ground but not powdery; place in a small bowl. Coat your hands with cocoa powder and roll ganache into 3/4- to 1-inch balls.
4. 4. Toss truffles in chocolate-nib coating. Place in fluted paper cups, if desired, and serve at room temperature.

heavy whipping cream, cacao nibs, bar chocolate, dutch, paper

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cacao-bean-bittersweet-chocolate-truffles-236602 (may not work)