Christmas truffles

AUTHOR
Janie Gentry
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 1
COOK TIME
150 mins
TOTAL TIME
150 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 63
  • 50 g ground almonds (without skin)
  • 900 g Vollmich couverture
  • 100 g Dark chocolate coating
  • 500 g Whipped cream
  • 80 g Butter
  • 5 g Spekulatius spice
  • 2 Pallets of whole milk hollow spheres (63 pieces each)
  • 7-10 Tbsp approx. 1/2 teaspoon each of cinnamon and cocoa
  • 7-10 Tbsp parchment paper or disposable piping bag

Directions

  1. 1

    Turn 5-6 piping bags from parchment paper. Roast almonds in a pan without fat until golden, take them out and let them cool down. Finely chop 400 g whole milk couverture and dark chocolate and melt in a warm water bath. Then stir in the almonds

  2. 2

    Bring cream, butter and spice to the boil. Stir the hot cream mixture with a wooden spoon into the chocolate coating and mix to a shiny mixture. Let it cool down. Refrigerate for 1 hour

  3. 3

    Pour the truffle mixture in portions into a piping bag. Cut off the tips just short. Then inject the mixture into the hollow spheres just below the rim. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

  4. 4

    Finely chop 500 g whole milk couverture and melt in a warm water bath. Pour 2-3 tablespoons of it into a piping bag. Cut off the tip just short and close the openings of the balls with couverture. Refrigerate for approx. 30 minutes.

  5. 5

    Mix cinnamon and cocoa. Melt the rest of the couverture again on a warm water bath. Dip balls into the chocolate coating with a praline or normal fork. Drain and roll them back and forth on a grid. Place the pralines on parchment paper and let them dry a little. Then dust with cinnamon-cocoa and allow to dry completely

  6. 6

    Keep in a cool and dry place for about 14 days

  7. 7

    waiting time approx. 14 hours

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
70 kcal
CARBS
4 g
FATS
5 g
PROTEINS
1 g

Categories & Tags

MiscellaneousexoticChristmas