Orange Coconut Truffles
- 9 ounces best-quality semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into 4 pieces
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
- 1 cup Kellogg's Rice Krispies
- 2 cups sweetened flaked coconut, toasted
- Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl.
- In a small saucepan, bring cream to a boil over high heat.
- Pour cream over chocolate and stir gently until completely smooth.
- Let rest for a minute, then stir in butter, two pieces at a time.
- Stir in orange extract.
- Cover and chill at least 3 hours.
- Check after 1 hour.
- When mixture is cold and stiff but not hardened, stir in Rice Krispies.
- Line a baking sheet with wax paper.
- Place coconut in a wide shallow bowl.
- Spoon up a scant tablespoonful of chocolate mixture and drop into the coconut.
- Roll to shape into a ball as you coat it with coconut.
- It doesn't need to be perfectly round.
- Continue with remaining chocolate.
- Place each coated truffle on baking sheet.
- Cover and chill until ready to serve.
chocolate, heavy cream, unsalted butter, orange extract, kelloggs rice, coconut
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7693 (may not work)