Chocolate Truffles

Serves: 3

Jacklyn McClure

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

50

Spice

56

Sweetness

49

Sourness

39

mins

Prep time (avg)

3.9

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 cup

Heavy Cream

Directions:

1

Finely chop the chocolate by hand or in a food processor fitted with a metal blade, and place in a medium bowl

2

Pour the cream into a small heavy saucepan

3

Bring to a rolling boil over medium heat

4

Pour the cream over the chocolate

5

With a wooden spoon, gently stir to melt the chocolate

6

Don't whisk or stir too strongly or you will incorporate air

7

Cover

8

Chill until firm, about 2 hours

9

Line a baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper

10

With a small melon baller or ice-cream scoop, drop mixture by rounded teaspoonfuls onto prepared sheet

11

Freeze until firm, about 20 minutes

12

Place the cocoa, confectioner's sugar, and chopped nuts into 3 separate shallow bowls

13

Roll 1/3 of the balls into the cocoa mixture, 1/3 into the confectioner's sugar, and 1/3 into the chopped nuts

14

Quickly roll between your palms to form them into a perfect round shape

15

You may need to re-roll in the nuts or sugar if too much falls off

16

Return to parchment-lined baking sheet or other parchment-lined container, in a single layer

17

Cover with plastic and chill until ready to serve

18

Can be made 10 days ahead; keep refrigerated

19

Finely chop the chocolate by hand or in a food processor fitted with a metal blade, and place in a medium bowl

20

Pour the cream into a small heavy saucepan

21

Bring to a rolling boil over medium heat

22

Pour the cream over the chocolate

23

With a wooden spoon, gently stir to melt the chocolate

24

Don't whisk or stir too strongly or you will incorporate air

25

Cover

26

Chill until firm, about 2 hours

27

Line a baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper

28

With a small melon baller or ice-cream scoop, drop mixture by rounded teaspoonfuls onto prepared sheet

29

Freeze until firm, about 20 minutes

30

Place the cocoa, confectioner's sugar, and chopped nuts into 3 separate shallow bowls

31

Roll 1/3 of the balls into the cocoa mixture, 1/3 into the confectioner's sugar, and 1/3 into the chopped nuts

32

Quickly roll between your palms to form them into a perfect round shape

33

You may need to re-roll in the nuts or sugar if too much falls off

34

Return to parchment-lined baking sheet or other parchment-lined container, in a single layer

35

Cover with plastic and chill until ready to serve

36

Can be made 10 days ahead; keep refrigerated