More Chocolate Truffle Recipes

Note: The following chocolate truffle recipes use raw eggs, which carry a risk of food-borne illness. Pregnant or nursing women, young children, or anyone with an immune deficiency should not eat foods made with raw eggs.

Hazelnut or Almond Chocolate Truffle Recipe

2/3 cup finely ground toasted almonds or hazelnuts
7 tbsp. melted butter
3 oz. bittersweet chocolate
3 oz. milk chocolate
1 tbsp. Amaretto (for almond) or 1 tbsp. Frangelico (for hazelnut)
4 egg yolks
2/3 cup confectioner's sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 teaspoons almond extract

Makes about 30 truffles.

Chop toasted nuts in a blender or food processor until finely chopped. Slowly drizzle in 3 tablespoons of melted butter and process till well mixed. Set aside.

Heat remaining 4 tablespoons of butter in a small saucepan until hot and bubbly (be careful not to let it burn). Remove from heat and add the chocolate. Stir constantly until smooth and melted. Set aside.

In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until foamy. Beat in the sugar gradually. Add extracts and liquor and continue to beat until thick. With mixer on slow to medium speed, gradually beat in the nut mixture, then gradually beat in the melted chocolate mixture. Beat until smooth and well mixed.

Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least thirty minutes or until firm.

Place your choice of coating in a bowl. Some possible coatings are toasted coconut, chopped nuts, unsweetened cocoa, powdered chocolate, crushed cookies.

Scoop out a teaspoon of the truffle mixture and, using your fingers, roll it into a ball. Work quickly as the heat of your hand will quickly start melting the chocolate. Drop ball in the coating bowl.

Repeat the process until there are 4 or 5 balls in the coating bowl. Gently roll the truffles in the coating mixture and place on a sheet of waxed paper.

Wrap truffles in an air tight container and store in the refrigerator for up to ten days or in the freezer for up to a month.



Grand Marnier Chocolate Truffle Recipe

4 tbsp. melted butter
4 oz. bittersweet chocolate, broken into small pieces
4 oz. milk chocolate, broken into small pieces
4 tbsp. Grand Marnier
4 egg yolks
1-1/4 cups confectioner's sugar
2 teaspoons orange extract

Makes about 30 truffles.

Heat butter in a small saucepan until hot and bubbly (be careful not to let it burn). Remove from heat and add the chocolate. Stir constantly until smooth and melted. Set aside.

In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until foamy. Beat in the sugar gradually. Add extract and liquor and continue to beat until thick.

With mixer on slow to medium speed, gradually beat in the melted chocolate mixture. Beat until smooth and well mixed. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least thirty minutes or until firm.

Place your choice of coating in a bowl. Some possible coatings are toasted coconut, chopped nuts, unsweetened cocoa, powdered chocolate, crushed cookies.

Scoop out a teaspoon full of the truffle mixture and, using your fingers, roll it into a ball. Work quickly as the heat of your hand will quickly start melting the chocolate. Drop ball in the coating bowl.

Repeat the process until there are 4 or 5 balls in the coating bowl. Gently roll the truffles in the coating mixture and place on a sheet of waxed paper.

Wrap truffles in an air tight container and store in the refrigerator for up to ten days or in the freezer for up to a month.

Cognac Chocolate Truffle Recipe

3 1-oz. squares of unsweetened chocolate
1-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup butter
3 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla or 2 tbsp. of cognac

Makes about 50 truffles.

Melt chocolate.

Combine sugar and butter in bowl. Cream together. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time. Stir in melted chocolate and flavoring.

Chill mixture.

Break off pieces and form into balls. Roll in coating. Air dry 1 hour. Store in air-tight container in very cool place.

Suggested coatings: ground almonds or other nuts, cocoa, more melted chocolate, confectioners' sugar, coconut, or chocolate.

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