Marvelous Chocolate Truffles

Name: Marvelous Chocolate Truffles
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 170 grams semisweet baking chocolate or white baking bars (white chocolate), chopped; 2 Tbsps butter or margarine; 170 grams cup semisweet or milk chocolate chips or white baking chips; 1 Tbsp shortening; 59 milliliters whipping (heavy) cream

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Marvelous Chocolate Truffles a try. This recipe serves 15. One portion of this dish contains about 2g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 145 calories. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. If you have baking bars, butter, shortening, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Cover cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Melt baking chocolate in heavy 2-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Stir in butter until melted; stir in whipping cream. Refrigerate 10 to 15 minutes, stirring frequently, just until thick enough to hold a shape.

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Unsweetened Baking Chocolate

Whipping Cream

Butter

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Aluminum Foil

Baking Sheet

Sauce Pan

Drop mixture by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet. Shape into balls. (If mixture is too sticky, refrigerate until firm enough to shape.) Freeze 30 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Heat shortening and chocolate chips over low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth; remove from heat. Dip truffles, one at a time, into chocolate.

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Chocolate Chips

Shortening

Chocolate

Dip

Place on aluminum foil-covered cookie sheet. Immediately sprinkle some of the truffles with finely chopped nuts or decorating candies.

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Candy

Nuts

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Aluminum Foil

Baking Sheet

Refrigerate truffles about 10 minutes or until coating is set.

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Truffles

Drizzle some of the truffles with mixture of 1/4 cup powdered sugar and 1/2 teaspoon milk. Refrigerate just until set.

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Powdered Sugar

Truffles

Milk

Serve at room temperature. Store in airtight container.

Equipment

Aluminum Foil

Baking Sheet

Sauce Pan

Ingredients

Servings:

170grams

semisweet baking chocolate or white baking bars (white chocolate), chopped 2Tbsps

butter or margarine 170grams

cup semisweet or milk chocolate chips or white baking chips 1Tbsp

shortening 59milliliters

whipping (heavy) cream

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. You could try Gunderloch Estate Riesling Dry. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 15 dollars per bottle.