Chocolate truffles
Chocolate truffles, from above
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Chocolate truffles

Ganache rolled into rough little balls and dusted in cocoa. Fancy shop prices, home kitchen effort.

30 minTime
2 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Make it your way

Grandma's wayGanache rolled in cocoa, French style.
The original
162kcalsame
2 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
30minutessame

Classic chocolate truffles.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

12 servings
Dark chocolate (bittersweet chocolate)250 g, finely chopped
Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)½ cup
Butter1 tbsp
Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)½ tsp
Cocoa powder (unsweetened cocoa powder)3 tbsp, for rolling
Salta pinch

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Heat the cream until steaming and pour over the chocolate. Wait 2 minutes.
  2. 2Stir from the centre until smooth, then stir in butter, vanilla and salt.
  3. 3Cover and chill 2 hours until scoopable.
  4. 4Scoop teaspoons and roll quickly between cool palms.
  5. 5Roll in cocoa and keep chilled.
Serve it like this

Arrange in mini paper cases in a box or on a plate, served slightly chilled with coffee.

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