Cacao Bean Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles

Serves: 6

Destiney Bartoletti

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

33

Spice

48

Sweetness

58

Sourness

33

mins

Prep time (avg)

7

Difficulty

Ingredients:

Directions:

1

Place cream in a 2-quart wide saucepan add 1/4 cup cacao nibs

2

Cook over medium heat until it just comes to a simmer

3

Remove from heat and let sit for 10 minutes; strain out nibs and discard

4

Reheat to a simmer, remove from the heat, and immediately sprinkle 8 ounces finely chopped chocolate into cream

5

Cover and allow to sit for 5 minutes; the heat should melt the chocolate

6

Stir very gently until smooth

7

Pour mixture into a shallow bowl

8

Cool to room temperature, cover with plastic wrap, then allow to sit, preferably overnight, until firm enough to roll

9

(Or you may refrigerate ganache until firm, about 4 hours

10

) 3

11

Place remaining nibs and chocolate in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade

12

Process by pulsing on and off until both are finely ground but not powdery; place in a small bowl

13

Coat your hands with cocoa powder and roll ganache into 3/4- to 1-inch balls

14

Toss truffles in chocolate-nib coating

15

Place in fluted paper cups, if desired, and serve at room temperature

16

Place cream in a 2-quart wide saucepan add 1/4 cup cacao nibs

17

Cook over medium heat until it just comes to a simmer

18

Remove from heat and let sit for 10 minutes; strain out nibs and discard

19

Reheat to a simmer, remove from the heat, and immediately sprinkle 8 ounces finely chopped chocolate into cream

20

Cover and allow to sit for 5 minutes; the heat should melt the chocolate

21

Stir very gently until smooth

22

Pour mixture into a shallow bowl

23

Cool to room temperature, cover with plastic wrap, then allow to sit, preferably overnight, until firm enough to roll

24

(Or you may refrigerate ganache until firm, about 4 hours

25

) 3

26

Place remaining nibs and chocolate in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade

27

Process by pulsing on and off until both are finely ground but not powdery; place in a small bowl

28

Coat your hands with cocoa powder and roll ganache into 3/4- to 1-inch balls

29

Toss truffles in chocolate-nib coating

30

Place in fluted paper cups, if desired, and serve at room temperature