Christmas Recipes > Boozy Christmas Truffles
just over 1/4 cup (6 floz) double cream
3 tablespoons dark rum
a good cocoa powder
small fancy paper cases
(see measure conversions for more information)
- Bring to the boil very slowly.
- Break the chocolate into pieces.
- Remove the cream from the heat and add the chocolate to it.
- Stir with a wooden spoon until the chocolate has melted.
- Cool a little and add the rum.
- Leave to cool in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Whisk until well-thickened and then return to the fridge.
- Chill until the mixture is firm enough to be rolled into balls.
- Dust a board and your hands with some cocoa powder.
- Roll the mixture into balls.
- Roll the balls in a saucer filled with some of the cocoa powder.
- Serve the Truffles in the paper cases.
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How to make boozy Christmas truffles:
A highly indulgent recipe for home made sweets. An ideal accompaniment to after Christmas dinner coffee, or indeed at any time you like during the 12 days of Christmas!
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups (9oz) 70% cocoa solids dark chocolatejust over 1/4 cup (6 floz) double cream
3 tablespoons dark rum
a good cocoa powder
small fancy paper cases
(see measure conversions for more information)
Method
- Put the cream into a heavy saucepan.- Bring to the boil very slowly.
- Break the chocolate into pieces.
- Remove the cream from the heat and add the chocolate to it.
- Stir with a wooden spoon until the chocolate has melted.
- Cool a little and add the rum.
- Leave to cool in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Whisk until well-thickened and then return to the fridge.
- Chill until the mixture is firm enough to be rolled into balls.
- Dust a board and your hands with some cocoa powder.
- Roll the mixture into balls.
- Roll the balls in a saucer filled with some of the cocoa powder.
- Serve the Truffles in the paper cases.
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I look forward to making rum truffles at Christmas. Have you a recipe using chocolate cake crumbs? Thank you.
#0 - Geraldine Hunt - 10/29/2007 - 03:42
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