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All-Purpose Truffles II

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Date Added:	November 20, 2008
Calories:	1042
Serves:	0
Prep. Time:	0:00
Category:	Desserts / Sweets, Copy Cat / Restaurant

Ingredients:

                    === CENTER MIXTURE ===
1/2   cup           cream
9     ounces        semisweet or bittersweet chocolate
1     tablespoon    butter
1     tablespoon    light corn syrup
2     tablespoons   Cognac, rum, or
                    other liquor or liqueur
                    === ENROBING ===
3/4   pound         semisweet or bittersweet chocolate
3     cups          cocoa powder

Directions: one line for each direction. When saved the lines will be numbered.

Bring cream to a boil. Remove from heat and add chocolate; allow to stand several minutes, add butter, corn syrup, liquor and whisk smooth. Cool about 2 to 3 hours at room temperature to about 80 degrees. Beat with paddle on medium speed in electric mixer until light. Pipe out small truffles on paper with a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain tube. Refrigerate to set for at least 1 hour.
Enrobing: Melt and cool or temper the chocolate. Sift the cocoa into a deep pan. Coat truffles, using your hand to cover truffles with tempered chocolate. Deposit the truffles in the cocoa as they are enrobed and shake the pan to cover them. Remove the truffles to another pan as they are coated. After the covering sets, shake the truffles in a strainer to remove the excess cocoa.
This recipe yields 35 to 50 truffles depending on size.
Comments: These are classics; the flavoring may be added by changing the liqueur. Also, try adding some chopped, toasted nuts to the whipped center mixture and rolling the finished truffles in chopped, toasted nuts instead of cocoa. This recipe is an example of Truffle Ganache.

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Added On: November 20, 2008

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