Green-Tea Truffles

Serves: 5

Terence Turner

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

52

Spice

55

Sweetness

57

Sourness

44

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.5

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 tsp

Salt

Directions:

1

1 In a double boiler, partially melt the white chocolate over simmering water until it's semiliquid but still lumpy

2

Place the cream, tea bags, and salt in a heat-proof measuring cup and microwave for 1 minute

3

(Alternatively, heat these ingredients in a small saucepan just until they simmer, then cool for 1 minute

4

) Remove the tea bags

5

In a medium bowl, stir together the cream mixture and the melted chocolate

6

Add the vanilla

7

Keep stirring until the mixture smooths into a well-blended ganache

8

2 Cool the ganache in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes

9

3 With two spoons, scoop 1-in/2

10

5-cm balls of the ganache onto a baking sheet

11

Roll the balls with your hands into smooth, uniform shapes

12

Chill if necessary

13

4 Sift the matcha and powdered sugar together in a small bowl

14

Mix in the cereal

15

Dip each ganache ball into the matcha mixture and shake off the excess

16

Serve at room temperature

17

1 In a double boiler, partially melt the white chocolate over simmering water until it's semiliquid but still lumpy

18

Place the cream, tea bags, and salt in a heat-proof measuring cup and microwave for 1 minute

19

(Alternatively, heat these ingredients in a small saucepan just until they simmer, then cool for 1 minute

20

) Remove the tea bags

21

In a medium bowl, stir together the cream mixture and the melted chocolate

22

Add the vanilla

23

Keep stirring until the mixture smooths into a well-blended ganache

24

2 Cool the ganache in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes

25

3 With two spoons, scoop 1-in/2

26

5-cm balls of the ganache onto a baking sheet

27

Roll the balls with your hands into smooth, uniform shapes

28

Chill if necessary

29

4 Sift the matcha and powdered sugar together in a small bowl

30

Mix in the cereal

31

Dip each ganache ball into the matcha mixture and shake off the excess

32

Serve at room temperature