Saturday, 15 April 2017

Indulge Yourself With Homemade Champagne Truffles

By Elizabeth Baker


Truffles are loved by everyone and people think that its extremely difficult to make truffles at home. The reality is quite opposite because they are not as difficult to make as you think provided you know how to manage chocolate correctly. You can make your own champagne truffles and the recipe is pretty easy and simple to follow.

Take a good amount of plain chocolate any flavor of your choice but it should be plain. Mostly, people prefer milk chocolate as it beautifully compliments the flavor of champagne. Dark chocolate could add bitterness to the truffles so just avoid using such variety.

Put the chocolate into a food processor and grind it up until it becomes powdery. You cannot work with chopped up chocolate because it will leave lumps in the truffle mixture which won't taste nice at all.

Now take another saucepan and add full fat cream, butter and a bit a champagne and just simmer it for a while. Do not bring it to the boiling point you just have to warm it up. You could use low fat cream but it won't taste as creamy as full fat would do. Once the mixture is warmed up pour it on top of the chocolate and turn on the food processor.

Mix everything well together until it forms a smooth creamy texture. To give it an additional flavor, include a touch of yogurt in it. To ensure that the mixture is set, you have to refrigerate it for about eight hours or more so that it doesn't look runny anymore. It will thicken up after a few hours time and then you're good to go. This is the fundamental truffle blend which you can use to make plain and also different assortments of truffle.

You should keep in mind that only good quality ingredients should be used because the taste of cheap champagne or low quality chocolate would just ruin the whole truffle recipe and you will not be able to achieve the results you were aiming for. Again, its possible to buy good quality products at a cheaper prices provided you do your research in this regards and find affordable options for yourself.

Whilst making this indulgent treat, you have to be a bit careful in handling the mixture because it will start to melt down as soon as you start working with it. You'd have to work them quickly so that they do not melt and retain their shape. Put them in a fridge afterwards because if the outside temperature is too hot, they will begin to loose their shape.

Its up to you to add different sort of flavors to the truffle mixture if you want to add a personal touch. You could put in some nuts, dried chopped ginger as well as dried fruits. The flavors you add should taste great with chocolate otherwise you will end up with something that tastes too bitter or not so nice. You can also freeze them to consume them later or just gobble them down if you desire.




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