Truffles

Name: Truffles
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Ingredients: 250 ml (9 fl oz) whipping cream; 450 g (1 lb) good quality chocolate; dark or white chocolate, in drops, grated or chopped into small pieces; dark or white chocolate, in drops, grated or chopped into small pieces; cocoa powder; slivered cocoa beans; ground toasted hazelnuts or almonds; ground toasted hazelnuts or almonds

Preparation info

Makes
30-40
truffles

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

Chocolate

By Trish Deseine

Published 2003

About

Ingredients

The ganache

250 ml (9 fl oz) whipping cream
450 g (1

Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Bring the cream to the boil and pour it over the chocolate.

Stir gently and leave to cool.

Using the fingers, shape the mixture into small balls and coat them in dark chocolate, white chocolate, cocoa powder, cocoa bean slivers or toasted hazelnuts or almonds, then chill for about 2 hours.