How to make Quick and Easy Truffles:
Quantity |
Ingredients |
| 125g (4oz) |
plain chocolate |
| 50g (2oz) |
unsalted butter |
| 125g (4oz) |
trifle sponge
cakes crumbled |
| 50g (2oz) |
icing sugar |
| 25ml (1 ½ tbsp) |
dark rum, brandy
or liquer of your choice |
| 50g (2oz) |
cocoa powder |
| To decorate |
icing sugar chocolate
vermicelli(chocolate sprinkles)
almomds or desicated coconut |
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Method
1. Melt the chocolate with the butter. Stir in the cake crumbs, icing sugar and spirit ir liquer of your choice. Cover and refrigerate for about 30 minutes or until the mixture is firm enough to handle.
2. Lightly dust your fingers with icing sugar and roll the truffle mixture into 24 balls, then roll each one in the cocoa powder, icing sugar or chocolate vermicelli to coat completely.
3. Arrange the truffles in petit four cases, then chill in the refrigerator until reguired. remove from the refigerator about 30 minutes before serving.
If you would like to keep the truffles for more than a day coat the truffles in melted chocolate before adding the topping. You could also use white chocolate instead of plain
Thanks to
Zara McCambridge from the United Kingdom for submitting this Quick and Easy Truffles recipe.
Added on
16 January 2008.
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