Hot Chocolate Truffles
- 1 lb semisweet chocolate
- 1 cup hot whipping cream
- peanut oil
- 2 cups sifted flour, on a plate
- 3 eggs, beaten with a pinch of salt in a wide bowl
- 1 12 cups fine white breadcrumbs
- 1 12 cups sugar
- 14-13 cup cinnamon
- GANACHE: Melt the chocolate over hot weater.
- Stir the chocolate until it is completely smooth, then stir in the cream.
- Let set half an hour, refrigerate until chilled.
- TRUFFLES: Scoop out 1 tablespoons chocolate with a melon baller and roll in palms of your hands or make balls 1-inch in diameter.
- Arrange on parchment-lined cookie sheets and place in the freezer for 1 1/2 hours.
- Remove the chocolate balls from the freezer and roll 4 at a time in the flour, then roll one at a time in the palms of your hands.
- Next roll the balls in the beaten eggs, coating them completely, and then one by one, roll them firmly in the palm of your hands.
- Finally, roll the balls in the crumb mixture, coaring them completely, and then one by one, roll then firmly in the palm of your hands.
- Freeze for an hour.
- Heat the peanut oil in a heavy saucepan to 350F Lower 4 truffles at a time into the hot oil; let brown and crust for about 10 seconds, then drain on paper towels.
semisweet chocolate, hot whipping cream, peanut oil, flour, eggs, white breadcrumbs, sugar, cinnamon
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/hot-chocolate-truffles-402183 (may not work)