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I just posted this in a different community, so I thought I'd go ahead and post it here, as well.
Chocolate Truffles
Good bitter or semisweet chocolate
heavy cream, 1 oz of cream for every 2 oz chocolate
Shave or chop chocolate very fine. Place in heat-safe glass bowl. Bring cream to just boiling, and pour over chocolate. Let sit for several minutes (the recipe I used to have somewhere said ten, but I usually do five-seven.) Stir until mixture is smooth, with all the chocolate melted and all the cream incorporated. Let cool, either at room temp or in the fridge. (Note: do not freeze -- they don't turn out well!) When the mixture is firm, roll into balls and roll in cocoa. You can also melt chocolate and dip the truffles in the melted chocolate, as well.
These are surprisingly easy and are amazingly good. Giving someone homemade chocolates wins you big brownie points, generally. (Ask![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
brian1789 how I reacted when he gave me some of these for Valentine's Day in 2000.)
Chocolate Truffles
Good bitter or semisweet chocolate
heavy cream, 1 oz of cream for every 2 oz chocolate
Shave or chop chocolate very fine. Place in heat-safe glass bowl. Bring cream to just boiling, and pour over chocolate. Let sit for several minutes (the recipe I used to have somewhere said ten, but I usually do five-seven.) Stir until mixture is smooth, with all the chocolate melted and all the cream incorporated. Let cool, either at room temp or in the fridge. (Note: do not freeze -- they don't turn out well!) When the mixture is firm, roll into balls and roll in cocoa. You can also melt chocolate and dip the truffles in the melted chocolate, as well.
These are surprisingly easy and are amazingly good. Giving someone homemade chocolates wins you big brownie points, generally. (Ask
brian1789 how I reacted when he gave me some of these for Valentine's Day in 2000.)Tags: