Chocolate Bourbon Balls

Name: Chocolate Bourbon Balls
Yield: Makes 50
Ingredients: 180 g butter, melted cocoa powder for dusting; 160 g dark, bitter chocolate; 250 g Italian sponge fingers (savoiardi); 100 g icing sugar; 3 tbsp bourbon, or whisky; 100 g finely chopped walnuts; 100 g ground almonds; 125 ml whipping cream; 3 tbsp cocoa powder

Preparation info

Makes
50

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple Food

By Jill Dupleix

Published 2002

About

If you’ve ever made chocolate truffles, you will know they can be quite tricky. These aren’t, but they are just as delicious. And if you’re feeling flash, decorate with edible gold leaf, available from cake decoration shops.

Ingredients

160 g dark, bitter chocolate
125 ml whipping cream

Method

Finely chop the chocolate. Heat the cream in a saucepan, stirring until it bubbles, then remove from the heat, add the chocolate and stir until melted.

Whiz the sponge fingers in a food processor, or crush with a rolling pin to fine crumbs.

Sift the icing sugar and cocoa powder into a large bowl. Mix in the crumbs, ground almonds and chopped walnuts. Add the bourbon, chocolate c

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