Butterfinger Truffles
Butterfinger Truffles might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre recipe box. This recipe serves 80. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 45 calories, 0g of protein, and 3g of fat. A mixture of semisweet chocolate, heavy cream, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.
Instructions
Place chocolate and butter in a mediumbowl. Bring cream to a boil in a smallsaucepan; pour hot cream over chocolatemixture.
Let stand for 1 minute, then stir untilchocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.Stir in chopped candy. Cover and chill untilfirm, about 2 hours.
Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.Using a melon baller, scoop 3/4" balls (orheaping teaspoonfuls) from chocolatemixture.
Roll truffles between your palmsto make surface smooth.
Place on theprepared sheet.
Place cocoa powder in a small bowl.
Roll truffles in cocoa powder to coat.
Garnish with chopped peanuts or peanuthalves. Chill until firm. DO AHEAD: Can bemade 1 day ahead. Store airtight betweensheets of waxed paper. Keep chilled.
Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel
Southern can be paired with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. One wine you could try is Forge Cellars Classique Riesling. It has 4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 21 dollars.
Forge Cellars Classique Riesling
#31 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2017 Forge Cellars' most important wine aims to reveal the true nature of the vintage and to explore the terroir of east SenecaLake. Fermentation takes place with indigenous yeasts in neutral French barriques (65%) and the remaining in stainless steel. With this level of ripeness, fermentations continued into late spring in order to finish bone dry.Quince, lemon, fennel and slatemingle with marzipan and white chocolate, supported by precise acidity.