Classic Chocolate Truffles

Name: Classic Chocolate Truffles
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 ounces sweet butter, cut into pieced; 8 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, cut into bits; ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 egg yolk; 8 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, cut into bits

Preparation info

Makes about
30
bite-size truffles

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cocolat

By Alice Medrich

Published 1990

About

I began Cocolat with these simple, classic, cocoa-dusted dark chocolate truffles. Although we’ve developed over a hundred variations since then, these are still my favorite! They make a rare and exquisite gift.

Ingredients

8 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, cut into bits
3 ounces sweet butter, cut into pieced

Americas
United States
Dessert
Microwave
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Melt chocolate with butter and ¼ cup water in a bowl set in a barely simmering water bath. Stir from time to time until mixture is melted and smooth. Or, microwave on medium (50%), stirring once or twice, for about 2 minutes. Off heat, whisk in the egg yolk just until incorporat