Chocolate Truffles
By: Anonymous
Published: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 12:07pm

Ingredients




1/2 cup heavy cream
6 1/2 oz. high quality dark or semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
1 tablespoon unsalted butter at room temperature
Cocoa powder

Preparation

1 Heat cream to a simmer and add the chocolate until melted 2 Add the butter until melted. 3 Transfer to a bowl and let it sit at room temperature until the mixture sets (several hours). The mixture should be thick enough to scoop with a truffle scoop or hand roll into balls. 4 To finish, roll truffles in cocoa powder and shake off the excess.

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Optional ingredients: 1 1/2 Turkish bay leaves and 4 plump cardamom pods, crushed.

Comments:
Anonymous

buttered popcorn?