Chocolate Truffles
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes + cooling time
Serves: 16 Truffles
Ingredients
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300g 70% dark chocolate, finely chopped (or blitzed in food processor)
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160ml cream
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½ tsp vanilla extract
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1 pinch of salt
To Garnish
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½ cup roasted hazelnuts, finely chopped
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½ cup desiccated coconut
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¼ cup cocoa powder, sifted
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¼ cup icing sugar, sifted
Method
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Place the chocolate into a mixing bowl.
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Add cream, vanilla and salt into a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Heat until warm but not boiling. Stir until warm. Pour over the top of the chocolate in the mixing bowl.
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Slowly stir the chocolate with the warm cream until combined and the chocolate has melted through into a thick chocolate ganache.
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Pour the mixture into a flat container and cover with plastic wrap making sure to press down into the mixture so there is no air between the plastic and the chocolate ganache.
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Place into the fridge and let it cool for at least 4 hrs, or overnight if possible.
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Once cold, start portioning the ganache into approximately 1 tablespoon (20-25g) pieces, place them on a tray and once all portioned start rolling them with your hands to shape them into balls. Place into the fridge for 10 mins.
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Add the cocoa powder, coconut, icing sugar and hazelnuts into 4 separate bowls and toss the chocolate truffles in them as you like.
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Roll them again with the respective coating flavour and serve at room temperature or cold.