Chocolate Truffles

You would have heard of 'Chocolate Truffle' a lot many times. Before making these, I thought, I need to have a special talent for making these. That's how glamorous it sounded and still sounds.

BTW, what are these truffles? Truffles are fungi that grow in the wild around the roots of the trees. An interesting fact, female pigs and dogs are specially trained for sniffing out truffles as they have a keen sense of smell.They are one of the very priced ingredients in European cuisine.

Coming back to the chocolate truffles,they are made to look like real truffles,so we are hand rolling them for the real look.This recipe requires just two ingredients, double cream and chocolate buttons.As simple as that.....

Ingredients:
Double Cream-1 cup
Semi-Sweet Chocolate Buttons-1 cup

To coat:(various options)
Cocoa Powder
Ground Cashew
Ground Pistachios
Desiccated coconut

Method:

1.Take double cream in a milk pan, and heat it over a medium flame till it just starts to boil.
2.In a bowl, place the chocolate buttons and pour the hot double cream on top.

3.Keep stirring till the chocolate dissolves ,with no lumps.

4.Mix well and bring it to room temperature. Refrigerate for 3-4 hours.
5.Take cocoa powder or any other coating that fancies you, in a plate.The cocoa powder is the most classic coating which is given to a truffle. Unsweetened cocoa powder works just fine.
6.Take the double cream and chocolate mixture from the refrigerator and you would notice that it has set, this is what we are looking for.

After 3-4 hours in the refrigerator

7.Being hand made truffles, we are going to dirty our hands. Now, use your fingers to dig in to the set mixture and form a ball with both your palms.
8.You have to be fast as it would start getting sticking due to the warmth of your palms.
9.Roll the ball with cocoa powder and place it onto a plate. Do the same for all the balls. As  this is a hand rolled truffles, the shapes are going to be uneven, for the rustic look.

 Voilà! its done.

Cocoa Powder Coating

This is just a basic chocolate truffle recipe and there are many many variations.

Ground Cashew Coating

Tip:
1.If you are using dark chocolate buttons, use honey to sweeten the mixture.
2.Add a tablespoon of butter for that extra sheen.