Truffettes Dauphinoise

Name: Truffettes Dauphinoise
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 egg yolk; ⅛ pound butter; 1 tablespoon rum or Cognac; ¼ teaspoon cinnamon; Dash salt; ½ teaspoon vanilla; ¼ cup cocoa; 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar; 1 tablespoon cream; 4 ounces bittersweet or German sweet chocolate

Chocolate Truffles

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hows and Whys of French Cooking

By Alma Lach

Published 1974

About

Ingredients

4 ounces bittersweet or German sweet chocolate
1 tablespoon cream

Europe
France
Dauphine
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Mediterranean
Savoie

Method

Put chocolate, cream, and rum into top part of a double boiler. Into lower part of boiler put about 1 inch of hot tap water. Set top part into lower part (be sure it does not touch water), cover and bring water to a boil. Turn off heat and let stand until chocolate has softened. Reheat water if necessary to melt chocolate.
When chocolate is soft, add yolk. St