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- From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Subject: COLLECTION: Truffles (Long!)
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 93 22:31:07 CDT
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- Truffles *
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- 150 gm Very good quality desert chocolate
- 150 ml double cream
- 25 gm butter
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- Grind up the chocolate in a food processor until granular.
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- Melt the butter and cream (also yoghurt if you want) in a saucepan until
- simmering. Then pour the cream mixture into the processor whilst working.
- When the mixture is welll and truly mixed (making sure to get the cream
- that has splattered onto the underside of the lid) separate in to four
- bowls. Allow to cool completely and then place in a fridge overnight.
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- In the morning using a cold spoon form the chocolate mixture into little
- truffle shaped balls. This is best done if your hands have been rinsed in
- cold water for a while. You now have about 20-30 chocolate truffles.
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- First if you want rum truffles mix a good quantity of rum (or a few drops
- of rum flavouring) into the cream mixture as you melt the butter.
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- Once you have spooned out the truffles you can roll them in cocoa,
- chopped nuts or whatever you want.
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- Generic Chocolate Truffle Recipe *
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- 8 ounces of semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup whipping cream (32% milk fat)
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 2 tsp vanilla OR 4 tsp favourite liquer
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- Place whipping cream and chocolate in a heavy saucepan over low heat and
- stir occasionally until chocolate melts. Add butter and continue
- stirring until butter is melted. Remove from heat and let cool to
- room temperature. Add liquer or vanilla (or nothing! Works
- this way also). Let sit in refrigerator until hard (about eight hours
- or so). Dig out by the teaspoon and form into balls, then roll
- in finely chopped nuts (ground almonds are heavenly),
- cocoa, icing sugar, or coconut or dip in chocolate. Makes 36-48.
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- This year I'm experimenting with Frangelico-Espresso truffles
- and raspberry truffles dipped in white chocolate along with my usual
- batches.
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- Truffles *
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- 1/4 cup of heavy cream
- 1/4 cup of butter (softened)
- 6 oz. bittersweet chocolate.
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- Boil the cream until it thickens.
- Add the chocolate (broken so it melts faster) and heat until melted.
- Add butter and stir till melted and mixed. Then whisk in 3 tablespoons
- of your favorite liqueur, pour into a bowl and chill. Stir several
- times during the chilling process, and when the stuff is firm, shape
- it into balls and roll in cocoa, or whatever strikes your fancy. I made:
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- Kahlua dipped in chocolate
- Drambuie rolled in cocoa
- mint/Baileys rolled in powdered sugar
- Frangelico rolled in chopped nuts,
- Rum rolled in granulated sugar with cinnamon.
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- Store them in the fridge, and bring them out shortly before
- serving to soften up some.
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- RUM TRUFFLES *
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- 3.5 ozs cooking chocolate, 2 Egg yolks, coconut, 1 oz ground almonds,
- 2 ozs butter, 7 ozs icing sugar (powdered sugar), 2 Tbsp dark rum,
- 1 oz plain biscuit crumbs
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- Put broken choc. & butter in bowl & soften in microwave or double boiler. Mix
- in egg yolks then remaining ingredients, except coconut. Chill until firm
- then form into small balls & roll in coconut. Keep in refrigerator.
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- Variations
- Replace Rum with tipple of your choice ie Brandy, Sherry, Orange or Coffee
- liqueur. The mixture may be rolled around a glace cherry or ginger. Try choc.
- hail instead of coconut. For a real luxury, soak a few glace cherries in the
- same liqueur overnight (or longer) then make the balls. Superb with coffee
- liqueur...I'm trying them with Grand Marnier this year..cheers
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- Whiskey truffles *
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- 1.5 lbs good quality plain chocolate
- 10 fl. oz. double cream
- "small" glass whisky (original recipe says use malt whisky but I just
- cannot bring myself to do this; I use 'Famous Grouse')
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- Bring cream to the boil. Remove from heat and add half the chocolate
- (broken up). Stir gently until chocolate melted and thouroughly mixed.
- Add the whisky and stir until well mixed in.
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- Transfer mixture to a metal bowl (I don't bother with this and just keep
- it all in the original saucepan) and place in a bowl of iced water. Beat
- with a wooden spoon until cool and thick.
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- Transfer mixture into piping bag and pipe into 2.5 cm rounds on sheet of
- greasproof paper. Place in fridge to firm up.
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- Remove from fridge and roll into balls (original recipe suggests dusting
- hands with icing sugar to prevent sticking but it doesn't seem to work).
- This is incredibly messy. Make sure you have a bowlful of hot water to
- plunge your hands into afterwards or else you'll end up with chocolate
- covered taps.
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- Keep balls on greaseproof paper and chill in fridge again until firm. I
- actually put mine in freezer section for about 1/2 hour.
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- Melt the remaining chocolate. Try to do this with as little heat as
- possible or else the balls will rapidly disintegrate with the heat.
- Using small forks dip each ball into melted chocolate and cover
- thouroughly. Do each ball as fast as possible. The original recipe
- suggested rolling each ball in cocoa while the chocolate is still molten
- but I reckon this will cause ball breakdown due to the extra handling
- involved.
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- White Chocolate Truffles *
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- 8 oz white chocolate
- 48 ea good walnut or pecan halves
- 6 T unsalted butter, room temp.
- 1 1/2 T water
- 1 ea large egg yolk
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- Preheat oven to 300F. Set aside a wax paper-lined baking sheet.
- Chop the white chocolate into small pieces and set aside.
- Toast the nuts on a baking sheet in a single layer for 5 to 8 minutes.
- Set them aside.
- In the top of a double boiler over hot, not boiling water, melt the white
- chocolate and the butter in the water. Stir until smooth.
- A NOTE on Melting White Chocolate: Since the fats in white chocolates melt
- at different temperatures, and since the milk proteins tend to clump if
- overheated, melting white chocolate can be very frustrating. I've found
- that the easiest method is to chop the chocolate into small pieces and melt
- them in the microwave. Microwave at high power for 1 minute, then stir.
- If necessary, continue the process for additional 30-second intervals until
- completely melted. Microwave only until smooth; DO NOT OVERHEAT!!!
- Pour into a bowl and add the yolk. Continue beating until the mixture is
- fluffy and cooled to room temperature. Chill until firm (about 4 hours).
- Remove from refrigerator and form into 24 1-inch balls. Sandwich between
- 2 nut halves. Chill until ready to serve.
- Makes 24 truffles.
- Source: "Madam Chocolate's Book of Divine Indulgences" by Elaine Sherman
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