Lavender-Milk Chocolate Truffles

Name: Lavender-Milk Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients: butter, for greasing; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup double (heavy) cream; 80 ml/5 tbsp liquid glucose; 20 ml/4 tsp honey; 20 ml/4 tsp dried edible lavender buds; 300 g/11 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate (64% cocoa solids), chopped; 300 g/11 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate (64% cocoa solids), chopped; 400 g/14 oz milk chocolate (40% cocoa solids), tempered; 400 g/14 oz milk chocolate (40% cocoa solids), tempered; purple and silver edible shimmery dust; purple and silver edible shimmery dust

Preparation info

Makes about
100

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Home-made Sweets & Candies

By Claire Ptak

Published 2022

About

A plant with endless uses, lavender looks beautiful, smells wonderful and has relaxing and soothing properties. Its delicate taste is especially suited to sweet honey and creamy milk chocolate. An edible shimmery dust provides the perfect finishing touch to these truffles, but you can always omit it for a simpler treat.

Ingredients

butter, for greasing
200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup double (heavy) cream

Method

Grease a 20cm/8in square baking tin (pan) and line with clear film (plastic wrap).
Place the cream, liquid glucose and honey in a small pan. Bring to just under the boil and stir to blend in the glucose and honey. Add the lavender buds and remove from the heat. Cover and leave to steep for 15 minutes, then heat to just under the boil again.
Place the

Energy 98kcal/411kJ; Protein 1g; Carbohydrate 10g, of which sugars 9g; Fat 6g, of which saturates 4g; Cholesterol 8mg; Calcium 22mg; Fibre 0g; Sodium 10mg