Truffles recipe and ingredients

Christmas and New Year celebrations would not be the same without truffles, but you can enjoy them all year round thanks to this fantastic simple recipe...

Ingredients 

250g-0.5 lb Nestlé Dessert Plain cooking chocolate

250g- 1 cup Liquid crème fraîche/double cream (please don’t use low-fat because the mixture will be too runny)

Van Houten Bitter chocolate powder

Preparation

Prepare the ganache/chocolate paste. Bring the crème fraîche to boiling point in a saucepan.

Take the pan off the heat and add the pieces of broken chocolate. Mix to obtain a smooth paste.

Put the paste into a plastic box or bowl and cover it with cling-film. Put it in the fridge to cool. (For at least 3 hours).

Take the paste out of the fridge and make little balls in the palm of your hands.

Put the chocolate powder on a plate and roll each ball of chocolate paste in the chocolate powder.

Put the finished product on a serving dish and put the latter back into the fridge.

Truffles makea great accompaniment for a cup of tea or coffee, they have such a rich chocolate taste and they melt in the mouth; Truffles are irresistible yet so easy to make!

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