Handmade Chocolate Truffle Recipe

Written By Manu Saxena Kabra on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 | 11:54 PM

A chocolate truffle is a type of chocolate confectionery, traditionally made with a chocolate ganache centre coated in chocolate, icing sugar, cocoa powder or chopped toasted nuts.
Truffles elevate every occasion. “A box of Truffle is a box of Hapiness”. Here I am sharing a recipe of making homemade truffle delights treat your dinner guests to a dessert like no other.

Ingredients Required:

1. Dark Chocolate (Half Kg)
2. Milk Chocolate (250gms)
3. White Chocolate (For decoration)
4. Fresh Cream -150 gms
5. Unsalted butter - 100 gms
6. Finely chopped nuts or candy decorations, if desired

Note: Measure all Ingredients on a measuring scale:

Directions

Temper Dark chocolate compound in a double boiler.

Add in butter until melted; stir in whipping cream. Refrigerate 1hours.

Take out the mixture and stir frequently, just until thick enough to hold a shape.

Shape into balls. (If mixture is too sticky, refrigerate until firm enough to shape.) Freeze 30 minutes.

Temper milk chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth; remove from heat. When temperature reads 35 degrees, Dip truffles, one at a time, into chocolate. Place on aluminum foil-covered cookie sheet or chocolate rack.

Immediately sprinkle some of the truffles with finely chopped nuts or decorating candies.

Or color white chocolate with your favorite color and use piping bag to give your favorite zig zag design.

Refrigerate truffles about 10 minutes or until coating is set. Drizzle some of the truffles with mixture of 1/4 cup powdered sugar and 1/2 teaspoon milk. Refrigerate just until set. Serve at room temperature. Store in airtight container.