Thinking of making gifts from your kitchen around this time
of the year? Try these White Chocolate Truffles. They are easy and sinful.
I have found this recipe for these chocolate truffles from
NZ House & Garden’s Beautiful Christmas Booklet and of course I have to tweak it a bit to suit
Bob as the original recipe calls for ground almonds and nut are a no-no in our
household. They are good with coffee after the meal - get them out from the
fridge 10-15 minutes before serving. This portion will be enough for about 30 truffles.
Ingredients
250 grams White Chocolate Melts (I use 150 grams melts and
100 grams chopped Whittaker’s white chocolate)
¼ cup cream
¼ cup ground Super Wine Biscuits (or any other sweet plain
biscuits) – I use this instead of ground almonds
¼ cup fine or shreded desiccated coconut plus ¼ cup extra for coating
2 tablespoons chopped dried fruits (I use dried Strawberries)
Method
Mix chopped fruit with ground biscuits and the first portion
of desiccated coconut in small bowl and set aside.
Warm the cream in the microwave for a few seconds.
Place chocolate melts and chopped white chocolate in a heat
proof bowl over a saucepan of hot water (not boiling – turn the heat down if it starts to boil). Add warm
cream and stir until the chocolate just melts. Remove from heat and keep
stirring until it has completely melted and add ground biscuit/coconut/fruit
mixture. Cool and rest in the fridge for half an hour to 45 minutes or until it
is firm and easy to handle. Scoop up with a teaspoon and roll into
small balls and roll them in the second portion of desiccated coconut until
they are completely coated. Refrigerate.
Present them in a pretty container or line your gift box with baking paper before placing
your wicked treasure in them. Tie the container with beautiful ribbon and fish
for compliments from the recipient later on.
Sounds delicious. Would that work with dark chocolate, which is my favorite?
ReplyDeleteI don't think dark chocolate goes well with coconut somehow but you can use dark chocolate and add dark rum, omit coconut and use raisins instead of strawberries to make rum raisin dark chocolate truffles - they are very wicked. I'll post the recipe for that later on.
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