Lavender Truffles

Name: Lavender Truffles
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 170 grams bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 79 milliliters heavy cream; 12 fresh lavender flower heads; 113 grams semisweet chocolate, chopped; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Lavender Truffles a try. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 133 calories. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. 168 people found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. A mixture of lavender flower heads, bittersweet chocolate, semisweet chocolate, 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 diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours.

Instructions

Place the flower heads and cream into a small microwave safe glass bowl. Cook in the microwave on High until hot to the touch, 20 to 30 seconds. Once hot, stir the flowers with a spoon, and set aside to steep 5 minutes. Return to the microwave, and cook 10 to 20 seconds to reheat. Stir again, and set aside to steep 5 minutes more. Repeat the heating-stirring-steeping process two more times until the cream is strongly flavored with lavender.

Ingredients you will need

Fresh Lavender

Cream

Equipment you will use

Microwave

Bowl

Combine the bittersweet chocolate with the semisweet chocolate in a microwave safe glass bowl. Divide the chocolate into equal portions, and set one portion aside. Cook the remaining chocolate in the microwave on High in 20 to 30 second increments until melted, stirring between each heating. Using a fine-mesh strainer, strain the cream into the melted chocolate; discard the flower heads and bits of lavender. Stir the cream and chocolate together until smooth. Chill in the refrigerator until somewhat firm, but not hard, about 1 hour.

Ingredients you will need

Semisweet Chocolate

Chocolate

Fresh Lavender

Cream

Equipment you will use

Sieve

Microwave

Bowl

After the lavender chocolate mixture has chilled, place the remaining chocolate and butter into a microwave safe glass bowl. Cook in the microwave on High in 20 to 30 second increments until just melted, stirring between each heating; set aside.

Ingredients you will need

Chocolate

Fresh Lavender

Butter