Chocolate-Covered Raspberry Truffles

Name: Chocolate-Covered Raspberry Truffles
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 50
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 198 grams fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not extra-bitter or unsweetened), finely chopped in a food processor; 2 Tbsps framboise (raspberry eau-de-vie) or brandy; 59 milliliters heavy cream; 237 milliliters oz fresh raspberries; 177 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder

Chocolate-Covered Raspberry Truffles might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 1g of protein, 2g of fat, and a total of 32 calories. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 50. Head to the store and pick up fine-quality bittersweet chocolate, raspberries, cocoa powder, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours.

Instructions

Line a tray with wax paper.

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Bring cream just to a simmer in a 1- to 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat.

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Cream

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Remove from heat, then add chocolate and stir gently with a heatproof rubber spatula until ganache is smooth. Stir in framboise.

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Chocolate

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Pat raspberries dry if necessary.

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Raspberries

Add 6 to 8 raspberries to ganache and gently fold in to coat using rubber spatula.

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Raspberries

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Remove each chocolate-covered raspberry with 2 forks, shifting it from one fork to the other to let excess ganache drip off, then transfer to tray. Coat remaining raspberries in same manner, working in batches of 6 to

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Raspberries

Chocolate

Chill truffles on tray until firm, at least 1 hour, then loosen from wax paper.

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Truffles