[Sca-cooks] Chocolate truffles (OOP)

[Tara Sersen Boroson]

I assume those parts are by volume?  I think I'll buy cheaper chocolate
for experimenting with the habanero, but I'll buy the good stuff when it
comes to making the real thing :)

Thank you!

-Magdalena

Gorgeous Muiredach wrote:

>
>> Anybody have truffle recipes to share, since I'm on this kick?  :)  I'm
>> also going to try hazelnut and coffee flavored ones.  I've only made
>> plain ones in the past.
>
>
> I always do my truffles as a straight ganache.
> 1 part chocolate
> 1 part heavy/whipping cream (35%)
> 0.1 part butter
>
> I prefer to use a really good extremely high cocoa content chocolate (60 or
> 70% is best, if you can find it.  Valrhonna is my favoured chocolate to
> use).
>
> Cut the chocolate in small pieces.  Boil the cream, take off the heat, put
> chocolate in, stir.  Add the soft/melted butter.  Stir until cool.  Shape
> after it has settled a bit, but dont' wait till it's completely cold.  Roll
> in cocoa powder.  Voila.
>
> Variations could be to add a little cognac/brandy/rhum to your cream, in
> which case you'd increase the butter a little bit (to re-establish the
> texture loss from more liquid)
>
> Sorry, I don't know proportions to add habanero to it.  Why don't you ask
> the restaurant?  I know when I was in the kitchens, I never hesitated to
> share with people.
>
>
> Gorgeous Muiredach
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