Chocolate-Praline Truffles

Name: Chocolate-Praline Truffles
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps almond liqueur; 3 Tbsps butter, cut up; 1 recipe Praline Pecans; 340 grams semisweet chocolate bars, broken into pieces; 59 milliliters whipping cream

Chocolate-Praline Truffles might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 108 calories. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up semisweet chocolate bars, butter, whipping cream, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet.

Instructions

Microwave semisweet chocolate pieces and whipping cream in a 2-quart microwave-safe bowl at MEDIUM (50% power) 3 1/2 minutes.

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Semisweet Chocolate

Whipping Cream

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Microwave

Bowl

Whisk until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth. (If chocolate doesn't melt completely, microwave and whisk at 15-second intervals until melted.)

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Chocolate

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Microwave

Whisk

Whisk in butter and liqueur; let stand 20 minutes.

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Liqueur

Butter

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Whisk

Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer 4 minutes or until mixture forms soft peaks. (Do not overbeat mixture.) Cover and chill at least 4 hours.

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Hand Mixer

Shape mixture into 1-inch balls; roll in Praline Pecans. Cover and chill up to 1 week, or freeze up to 1 month.

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Pralines

Pecans

Roll

White Chocolate-Praline Truffles: Substitute 3 (4-ounce) white chocolate bars for semisweet chocolate bars and Praline Almonds for Praline Pecans.

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Semisweet Chocolate

Candied Almonds

White Chocolate

Pralines

Pecans

Chocolate Marble Truffles: Prepare 1 recipe each of mixture for Chocolate-Praline Truffles and White Chocolate-Praline Truffles. Spoon both mixtures into a 13- x 9-inch pan; swirl with a knife. Chill and shape as directed; roll in cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookie crumbs, omitting Praline Pecans and Praline Almonds.

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Candied Almonds

White Chocolate

Pralines

Chocolate

Pecans

Cream

Roll

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Knife

Frying Pan

Note: We used Ghirardelli semisweet chocolate bars and Ghirardelli white chocolate bars; 2 cups (12 ounces) Hershey's semisweet chocolate morsels may be substitutes for semisweet chocolate bars.

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Semisweet Chocolate Chips

Semisweet Chocolate

White Chocolate

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Servings:

2Tbsps

almond liqueur 3Tbsps

butter, cut up 1

recipe Praline Pecans 340grams

semisweet chocolate bars, broken into pieces 59milliliters

whipping cream

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. 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. You could try J.J. Prum Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 56 dollars per bottle.