Chocolate and Orange Truffles
- Yield: 12
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
Chocolate and Orange Truffles
Ingredients
- Butter - 60g
- Thickened cream - 50ml
- Dark chocolate - 250g, good quality, finely chopped
- Grand marnier - 2 tbsp
- Orange rind - 1 tbsp, finely chopped
- Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp
- Icing sugar - (to dust)
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan over medium high heat, combine butter and cream. Bring to the boil, stirring for 1 minute, then remove from heat.
- Stir in half of the chopped chocolate, Grand Marnier and orange rind, continue stirring until smooth.
- Pour the mixture into a shallow baking dish. Chill until firm, about 2 hours.
- Use a spoon to scoop a little bit of the mixture and shape into small balls. Place on a baking tray and put back into the refridgerator. Chill for about 20 minutes, until firm.
- Melt the remaining chocolate in a microwave, placing it in for 10 second intervals, checking thoroughly and stirring well after each 10 seconds. When mostly melted, take out and stir until smooth and completely melted.
- Roll the chilled truffles in the melted chocolate. Place the balls on the baking tray lined with baking paper. Chill until set.
- Dust with icing sugar before serving.
