Truffles With Chestnuts

• 250 gr crushed chestnuts
• 250 gr melted semi-sweet baking chocolate
• 2 egg yolks
• 5 oz. (150 gr) unsalted sweet butter
• 75 gr powdered sugar
• 150 gr whipping cream
• 2 tsp. cognac
• 50 gr cocoa

1. Break the chocolate into pieces and put them in a pan with two teaspoons of water.
2. The temperature must be very low and when chocolate is melted remove the pan (we stir continuously).
3. Combine the 50 gr of butter (mashed) with the two (2) yolks and mix with a spatula.
4. Then add the rest of butter and continue mixing.
5. After 10 minutes of mixing well these ingredients, add the powdered sugar, whipping cream, cognac and crushed chestnuts.
6. Mix very well.
7. Put the mixture for 3 minutes in the refrigerator.
8. Put the cocoa in a flat plate.
9. Take the mixture out of the refrigerator and start giving the shape of the truffle (round), then roll each truffle in the cocoa and cover it.
10. Keep truffles in the refrigerator.

chestnuts, semisweet baking chocolate, egg yolks, unsalted sweet butter, powdered sugar, whipping cream, cognac, cocoa

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=752119 (may not work)