Chocolate truffles

Name: Chocolate truffles
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: serving
Cuisine: Ingredients
Ingredients: 500 g dark chocolate; 250 ml cream fresh, heavy; Goldcrest Marachino Cherries; cocoa powder

Prep: 0, Cooking: 20 mins

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Decadent little chocolate balls to feed to your Valentine.

By Chris van Tonder February 08 2011

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Ingredients (4)

500 g	dark chocolate
250 ml	cream — fresh, heavy
	Goldcrest Marachino Cherries
	cocoa powder

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Method:

A good rule of thumb for ganache is to use two parts chocolate to one part heavy cream.

Scald the cream by bringing to
boiling point and then remove from heat.

Pour the cream over the chocolate,
stirring until everything is mixed together.

Add
flavouring if you wish, you can’t go wrong with liqueur.
Alternatively you can steep a flavourful tea or lavender in the cream during the heating process.

Roll the chocolate ganache into balls
around the maraschino cherries.

Dust with cocoa powder.

Recipe courtesy of Chris van Tonder, Executive
Chef, House of Bonne Cuisine on behalf of Compass Group Southern Africa.