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Thanks to the viewer who contributed this recipe!
Our favorite are the ones coated with shaved dark chocolate (optional).
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Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients:
• 8 ounces good-quality semisweet
chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
Optional
• shaved dark chocolate
• unsweetened cocoa
• crushed pecans
• crushed walnuts
• coconut
Directions:
1. Bring the cream to a boil in a small,
heavy saucepan.
2. Remove from the heat and immediately
stir in the chocolate until chocolate is
completely melted and well blended.
3. Pour chocolate mixture in a shallow
glass container and refrigerate until
firm, about 2 hours.
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4. Dip a melon baller or measuring spoon in warm water and scrape it across the surface of the cold truffle
mixture to form a 1/2-inch ball.
5. Coat with unsweetened cocoa, shaved dark chocolate, nuts or coconut or melted chocolate.
Melted Chocolate option:
6. Melt about another 10 ounces of good quality semisweet, dark or white chocolate in a double boiler.
7. Cool to about 90 degrees F.
8. Dip chocolate balls in melted chocolate and set on a rack to cool.
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