Truffles are the easiest sweets to make - the only cooking is melting
chocolate, and they keep for a few weeks in the fridge. They're perfect for gifts, and you get to lick the bowl after rolling them out! This recipe is easily adaptable - I make different variants every year. This year I went tropical, with a mix of coconut, candied ginger and candied pineapple. Another family favourite is with flecks of finely grated lemon rind, coconut and a dash of Malibu liqueur.
Ingredients
- 250g White chocolate
- 60ml cream
- dash liqueur/flavouring (I used Limoncello)
- 1 cup finely textured ingredient (In my case, 1/4 cup mixed chopped candied ginger and pineapple, and 3/4 cup dessicated coconut)
Instructions
- Melt chocolate and cream, then stir in other ingredients (only half cup of the textured ingredient).
- Chill mix, then take out and put teaspoon-sized lumps on a tray with baking paper and refrigerate for another ½ hour.
- Then remove, roll into balls and coat with remaining powder.
Package them beautifully and give them to friends, and don't tell your husband there are leftovers in the fridge...
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White Christmas Challenge"
This is really cute! The truffles must be very moist! The ones I make are quite complicated with processing cake crumbs, adding jam, and melted butter.
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Merry christmas!
Beautiful! I have never had white chocolate truffles, but they sound amazing. I love that you add other things to them, like the ginger, pineapple and coconut(which sounds like a delicious combo, by the way) I'm very curious to try this to try for myself, and they sound like they make great gifts!
ReplyDeleteRegal truffles! I love the pure white color. How pretty they will look on my red and green liners. A few trimmings on a Christmas platter, little ribbons here and there, these will be a highlight on every Christmas table...
ReplyDeletelovely pic and a must try recipe. what brand of white chocolate did u use and where can i get it. I liked the licking the bowl part!!!
ReplyDeleteRhanks Salma! I've tried with several brands. This time I used an "easy melt" 200g pack from Spinneys
ReplyDeleteHow to you roll them so perfectly Sarah? Mine turn out looking like oversized pebbles!
ReplyDeleteha ha miss stovetop! I only photograph the pretty ones! But some tips - make sure the mix is nice and hard, and roll with your palms - they have more warmth in them, and will smooth the surface.
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