Chocolate and Black Pepper Goat Cheese Truffles

Name: Chocolate and Black Pepper Goat Cheese Truffles
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 20 servings Coarse sea salt; 113 grams dark chocolate, coarsely chopped; 113 grams fresh goat cheese, at room temperature; 3 Tbsps granulated sugar; 0 teaspoons coarsely crushed black peppercorns; 3 Tbsps unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Chocolate and Black Pepper Goat Cheese Truffles a try. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 58 calories, 2g of protein, and 4g of fat. This recipe serves 20. A mixture of coarse sea salt, chocolate, vanillan extract, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Place about 2 inches of water in a small saucepan, and place chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Set the bowl over, but not touching, the simmering water to melt the chocolate. Once chocolate is melted, remove bowl from the pot and set aside to cool slightly.

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Chocolate

Water

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

Pot

In a medium bowl, whisk together goat cheese, melted chocolate, sugar, vanilla, and peppercorns until fluffy and well incorporated. Cover the mixture in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm.

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Goat Cheese

Peppercorns

Chocolate

Vanilla

Sugar

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Whisk

Bowl

Once firm, portion a heaping teaspoon of the goat cheese mixture into clean hands and roll into a ball. Coat the bottom half of the ball in cocoa powder, place on a cookie sheet, and top with a few flakes of coarse sea salt.

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Coarse Sea Salt