[Sca-cooks] Chocolate truffles (OOP)

[A. F. Murphy]

My turn to answer! *G* I get paid to tell people this one...

A truffle is chocolate blended with cream and often flavoring.  It is
formed into a shape, usually a ball, then covered. Often just rolled in
cocoa or nuts, commercially, often enrobed in chocolate. The center is very
soft and rich. (It melts easily, too, don't ask me how I know this...)

The name, I have been told, though this I don't guarantee, comes from the
fungus. The chocolate was devised by French candy makers, and they wanted a
name that would convey the luxury and richness of the finished product.

When the recipe for the Habanero Truffle is perfected, please post it? I'm
dying to make them for my brother the Hot Pepper Freak.

Anne,
who represents chocolate companies in department stores, especially at this
time of year, which is probably why she's a bit giddy lately...



> [Original Message]
> From: Mark.S Harris <mark.s.harris at motorola.com>
> To: SCA-Cooks maillist <SCA-Cooks at ansteorra.org>
 > Date: 12/6/01 6:29:48 PM
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Chocolate truffles (OOP)
>
>
> Okay, time for a "Stefan" type question(s).
>
> These sound like they are a type of chocolate candy. What makes these
> a truffle and not some other kind of chocolate candy? The specific
> ingredients used? The shape?
>
> And I thought "truffles" were the mushroom things found on tree roots,
> often hunted for with pigs. Am I wrong and those are called something
> else? Is the chocolate one derived from the mushroom one?
>
> Thanks,
>   Stefan
>