Boozy Chocolate, Hazelnut and Orange Truffles

Name: Boozy Chocolate, Hazelnut and Orange Truffles
Prep time: 8 h 20 min
Cook time: 8 h 20 min
Total time: 8 h 20 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 414 milliliters whole, unrefined cane sugar (available here); 24 servings confectioners sugar or additional cocoa powder, for dredging the Chocolate Hazelnut Snowballs; 59 milliliters Dutch process cocoa powder; 4 Tbsps Grand Marnier; 1 Tbsp hazelnut extract (available here); 828 milliliters blanched hazelnuts (available here); 59 milliliters chestnut honey (available here); 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest; 118 milliliters filtered water; 4 Tbsps Frangelico

Boozy Chocolate, Hazelnut and Orange Truffles might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe serves 24. One portion of this dish contains about 3g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 192 calories. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 8 hours and 20 minutes. Head to the store and pick up frangelico, chestnut honey, water, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Dump the hazelnuts and orange zest into a food processor and process until very finely ground.

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Orange Zest

Hazelnuts

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Food Processor

Pour sugar, honey and water into a saucepan set over medium-high heat, and bring to a boil. Allow it to bubble and foam, stirring continuously, for 6 minutes, or until all the sugar granules dissolve completely and the mixture thickens to a foamy syrup. Turn off the heat.

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Honey

Sugar

Syrup

Water

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Sauce Pan

Pour the still hot sugar syrup over the ground hazelnuts, close up the food processor, and process for two to three minutes. Continue processing, and pour the Frangelico, Grand Marnier and hazelnut extract into the food processor's feeder tube one tablespoon at a time or until the mixture thins and becomes slightly liquid. Dump in the cocoa powder, and continue processing a further 3 to 4 minutes until the mixture becomes completely smooth and uniform.

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Hazelnut Meal

Grand Marnier

Cocoa Powder

Simple Syrup

Frangelico

Hazelnuts

Extract

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Food Processor

Transfer the sweetened and seasoned hazelnut mixture into a bowl, cover it tightly, and refrigerate overnight, 8 to 12 hours.

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Hazelnuts

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Bowl

Remove the bowl from the refrigerator and scoop out 1 tablespoon of the hazelnut mixture, form into a ball and dredge it in confectioner's sugar or cocoa powder. Continue working until you've exhausted the batter. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, and serve chilled.

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Cocoa Powder

Hazelnuts

Sugar

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Bowl