The chocolate truffles you find in supermarkets and stores are mostly manufactured in factories and aren't all that good. Most of them are either too sweet or not rich enough. There are even some store-bought cheap chocolates that contain so little cocoa, you are practically eating something high-calorie with zero of the health benefits of cocoa. If you absolutely love chocolates and want to consume healthier chocolates, then it is time you try your hand at making your own chocolate truffles.
Making chocolate truffles is pretty easy as some of these do not even require too much cooking time or baking skills. As long as you learn not to burn the chocolate, you will soon be cranking out chocolate truffles like a pro! If you are worried about messing up and turning it into burnt bitter hunks, then you should read on for the tips I have in making some simple and easy chocolate truffles that are way better than store-bought ones.
In order to make chocolate truffles, you need to get some of the main ingredients in preparation. The number one ingredient is a lot of dark cooking chocolate, particularly the ones with very high cocoa content of preferably 70% or more. You need ones with high cocoa content because these will produce better quality, richer and more delicious chocolate truffles that are also healthy as cocoa contains anti-oxidants.If the slight bitter taste of dark chocolate is a concern for you, you can also try to use milk chocolate that has lower cocoa content.
Other than chocolate, you may also want to get other ingredients to add some special flavors to your truffles such as nuts and dried fruits. Nuts like almonds, peanuts, macadamia or even cashew are fun additions that will add a crunch to your truffles. Other than that, you can also get other decorative food items such as colorful chocolate rice to dip your truffles in so that it is more interesting looking.
Now, first things first. You need to chop up the dark chocolate into smaller pieces. Then, place it on a heatproof bowl and stand the bowl over a pan of boiling water. Make sure the bottom of the bowl do not touch the water. Use a wooden spoon to stir the chocolate until it is all melted. Then add some butter. If you like a cheesy taste to your truffles, you can add some cream cheese to the mixture later but after you've melted the chocolate and butter.
When the chocolate butter mixture is melted into soft, silky brown liquid, remove it from the pan and leave aside to cool down. You can then add the cream cheese, the nuts, dried fruits or whatever you want to add to your truffles. Use a mixer to blend it all together until it is all well combined. You want to make sure that the whole mixture are evenly combined so that there won't be concentrations of nuts or chocolate or clumps of cream cheese. Lastly, you just pour the thick mixture onto a pan and leave it to cool for awhile. If it is very thick, use an ice cream scoop or a spoon to form small balls out of it. Dip the chocolate balls on the chocolate rice or some cocoa powder. Then put the balls on wax-paper lined trays. Place the trays of chocolate truffles in the fridge to firm up and there you have it, you very own delicious chocolate truffles! - 27105
Making chocolate truffles is pretty easy as some of these do not even require too much cooking time or baking skills. As long as you learn not to burn the chocolate, you will soon be cranking out chocolate truffles like a pro! If you are worried about messing up and turning it into burnt bitter hunks, then you should read on for the tips I have in making some simple and easy chocolate truffles that are way better than store-bought ones.
In order to make chocolate truffles, you need to get some of the main ingredients in preparation. The number one ingredient is a lot of dark cooking chocolate, particularly the ones with very high cocoa content of preferably 70% or more. You need ones with high cocoa content because these will produce better quality, richer and more delicious chocolate truffles that are also healthy as cocoa contains anti-oxidants.If the slight bitter taste of dark chocolate is a concern for you, you can also try to use milk chocolate that has lower cocoa content.
Other than chocolate, you may also want to get other ingredients to add some special flavors to your truffles such as nuts and dried fruits. Nuts like almonds, peanuts, macadamia or even cashew are fun additions that will add a crunch to your truffles. Other than that, you can also get other decorative food items such as colorful chocolate rice to dip your truffles in so that it is more interesting looking.
Now, first things first. You need to chop up the dark chocolate into smaller pieces. Then, place it on a heatproof bowl and stand the bowl over a pan of boiling water. Make sure the bottom of the bowl do not touch the water. Use a wooden spoon to stir the chocolate until it is all melted. Then add some butter. If you like a cheesy taste to your truffles, you can add some cream cheese to the mixture later but after you've melted the chocolate and butter.
When the chocolate butter mixture is melted into soft, silky brown liquid, remove it from the pan and leave aside to cool down. You can then add the cream cheese, the nuts, dried fruits or whatever you want to add to your truffles. Use a mixer to blend it all together until it is all well combined. You want to make sure that the whole mixture are evenly combined so that there won't be concentrations of nuts or chocolate or clumps of cream cheese. Lastly, you just pour the thick mixture onto a pan and leave it to cool for awhile. If it is very thick, use an ice cream scoop or a spoon to form small balls out of it. Dip the chocolate balls on the chocolate rice or some cocoa powder. Then put the balls on wax-paper lined trays. Place the trays of chocolate truffles in the fridge to firm up and there you have it, you very own delicious chocolate truffles! - 27105
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