Friday, January 11, 2008

Truffles

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For making truffles u need :
1/4 cup heavy cream
2 bars bittersweet chocolate baking bars, broken in to small pieces
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
In a small pan, bring the cream to a simmer. Remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate and butter. In a medium sized pan simmer 2 cups of water then place the pan with chocolate over the simmering water pan Stir mixture until chocolate has completely melted on a low flame. Pour the chocolate mixture into a another bowl. Cool, cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours take out chocolate from refrigerator scoop 2 spoons of cold ,firm chocolate in to hands and roll in to round shape and place on a parchment paper make rounds with rest of cooled chocolate ( dipping hands in cold water in the middle while making balls) sprinkle with cocopowder
u can refrigerate these for up to 2 weeks
SERVE.


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25 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are reminding me again of the Holidays when I had way too many truffles. I love the Lindt's truffles the best and now with your recipe I can try my own.
Thanks for sharing it!

Laavanya said...

I recently drooled over these at TBC's blog and now you have these. Looks awesome!

Meera said...

Wow! You made choc truffles at home - that's cool. Looks delicious. Thanks for sharing the recipe, Sagari.

Coffee and Vanilla said...

Very nice recipe... I love truffles :)
Margot

Chef Jeena said...

I felt like I was looking through a chocolate shop window when I saw this post Sagari. These truffles look so good! You make it sound simple but thye look so luxurious, great post. :-)

Ramya's Mane Adige said...

These look so beautiful!!!!! Love the picture

Archana Doshi said...

its fantastic, i doubt i will ever end up making these at home. May be when my sons grow up, i if they desire it, i will make them help me in the kitchen to make truffles.

Thanks for sharing, will surely be a link for me to refer back to.
Archana
http://www.archanaskitchen.com/

Rajitha said...

yummers!! looks great..now aren't you truffle makers near my place :(

Rajitha said...

i meant to say 'why' aren't you truffle makers near my place!! i suck at typing for sure

Roopa said...

wow i am just drooling at those photos :) nice one!

Pravs said...

Those look really good. I am not into too much chocolates..but once in a while..these truffles will be great. Nice pics.

Rosie said...

WOW what an awesome treat!! Your truffles look so very professional and what a great post!! Thanks for sharing this great recipe :D

Rosie x

Kay said...

It looks so yummy, mmm. Great picture.

Chibog in Chief said...

these are exactly what i need to take away my sadness, your chocolate truffles..they look really yummy :-)i love the photos

Richa said...

truffles look so tempting :)

DK said...

am yet to make Truffels. The ingredients tells me that this would have tasted absolute heaven! Some nuts on top would have completed my bliss!

Bharathy said...

Pass me those and I can show you to finish in 3 mouths !:)
Sooo yummy ! :)

Rachel said...

Slurppp! :D

Thanu said...

Cool truffles Sagari, you have me craving for some :)

Archy said...

Nice truffles.. Looks yummy..

Happy Sankranthi !!

Aparna Balasubramanian said...

Your truffles look great. There have a been a lot of "chocolatey" posts in the past two months, but there can never be enough of chocolate.

Mishmash ! said...

I dont whether to look at ur yummy creation or the pics that are popping out !!!

Mansi said...

I can't get my eyes off from these truffles!!:) they look awesome Sagari!

Kribha said...

OMG! OMG! Sagari please. I'm trying to stick on a diet. But you are not helping me at all. Looks absolutely decadent and gorgeous. Stunning presentation. Great job girl.

Sagari said...

thank uu everyone for your comments