Freely Adaptable! Easy Chocolate Truffles
- 180 grams Chocolate
- 90 ml Heavy cream
- 10 grams Margarine (or butter)
- 1 Walnut, cookie, almond and etc.
- 1 Cocoa powder, powdered sugar, chocolate, cookie bits, etc.
- Finely chop the chocolate and put in a bowl.
- An aluminum bowl is recommended because it conducts heat efficiently.
- Heat the heavy cream over low, and turn off the heat just before boiling.
- Add into the chopped chocolate and mix well with a whisk.
- Don't boil the heavy cream.
- When the chocolate melts, add margarine and melt.
- Cool in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- This is the ganache mixture.
- Variations: Add the ingredients listed as A into the mixture before cooling in the refrigerator if you like.
- This is optional.
- Tip: Finely chop walnuts, nuts or cookies before adding them.
- Put in as much as you like.
- When the ganache mixture cools down, shape into 10 g balls.
- Dust the ingredients listed as B on the ganache balls.
- The photo shows the ganache coated in cocoa powder.
- This is a powdered sugar version.
- This is a finely chopped chocolate version.
- Coat with chocolate if you like.
- Put the finely chopped chocolate in a bowl over a hot water bath to melt.
- Drop a ganache ball into the melted chocolate.
- Skewer the ball and stick it down in a foam board to rest and harden.
- You can make different kinds of truffles if you change the combination of the filling and coating!
- You could vary by using white chocolate
- Check this recipe too.
- Easy Chocolate Drop Cookie,
chocolate, cream, margarine, cookie, cocoa
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/145069-freely-adaptable-easy-chocolate-truffles (may not work)