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Christmas Recipes: Edible Gifts. No.4 of 8 – Chocolate Truffles  by: Paul Curran Christmas recipe makes: 2 dozen Calories per truffle: 65 Preparation time: 30 – 60 minutes Cooking time: 0 minutes Suitable for freezing Christmas recipe ingredients: Truffle Mixture: chocolate, bitter, plain or milk 225g (8 oz) double cream, 75 ml (3 fl oz) brandy, 75 ml (3 fl oz) or rum,orange liqueur, coffee liqueur, coconut liqueur Rolled Truffles: cocoa powder chopped nuts coconut, dessicated or grated chocolate vermicelli or grated choclate for rolling Dipped Truffles: chocolate, plain, milk or white (350 g (12 oz) or mixture of all three Suitable for freezing. Christmas recipe instructions: 1. Truffle Mixture: Add the cream to grated chocolate and melt in a bowl over water at boiling point, stirring until smooth. Allow to cool and thicken. 2. Add your alcohol of choice and whisk until the mixture is strong enough to stay 'up' when a strand of mixture is pulled up by the whisk. Then put the mixture into a shallow tin (covered) and cool till firm. 3. Rolled Truffles: Place teaspoonful size amounts of truffle mixture onto a tray sprinkled with cocoa powder and roll into ball shapes. Alternatively you can substitute the cocoa with grated chocolate, chopped nuts, coconut, or chocolate vermicelli. Cool in a refrigerator for at least two hours. 4. Dipped Truffles: Roll the truffle mixture into 2.5 cm (1 inch) size balls and freeze overnight until rock hard. [If you wish you could push some edible decor into the balls before cooling, such as nuts, ginger or cherries.] 5. Prepare some melted chocolate over water at boiling point. If you can, check the temperature is in the range 46-49 degrees centigrade (115-120 F) or for white chocolate, 43 degrees centigrade. 6. Taking two or three truffles at a time, use cocktail sticks to dip them into the melted chocolate before placing them on non-stick paper. Transfer to a refrigerator for cooling for at least two hours to harden. Repeat for the remaining truffles. 7. Present the truffles in paper cases and store in boxes. Keep in a refrigerator for up to ten days. About The Author (c) Paul Curran, CEO of Cuzcom Internet Publishing Group and webmaster at http://www.gifts-for-christmas.com, bringing you recipes and unique gifts for christmas including collectibles, russian gifts, cookies, jewelry. This article may be published electronically or in print in its entirety as long as the author bylines in the resource box are included and urls kept live. A courtesy copy of your publication or web page URL would be appreciated. This article was posted on December 26, 2005 Read More Articles from the "Food and Drink" Category: Cappuccino Machines With An Italian Touch by Clinton Maxwell Best Recipes: Root Beer Float Milkshake by Donna Monday Riedel Wineglasses: The Science Inside by Jennifer Marie Jordan I Love Italian Wine and Food - The Abruzzi Region by Levi Reiss Butter Cream Icing Recipes by Michael Leembruggen Growing Apples for Great Wine by Brian Cook An Introduction to Wine by Jason Ditto Truffles – A Rare Delicacy by Lucy Bartlett Grilled Chicken Breasts with Tarragon Butter by Peter Lenkefi Our Pleasant Meal At C&C Supper Club In Door County Wisconsin by Dorrie Ruplinger << Back to "Food And Drink" Index

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