The best chocolate orange truffles
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
15 mins
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Total Time
25 mins
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Servings
25 truffles
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Calories
111 kcal
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Cuisine
British
The best chocolate orange truffles
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'Rustic' chocolate truffles with soft and buttery bitter orange centres. Just pour hot cream over dark chocolate and butter, add a little orange juice & zest, let set, form into truffle shapes and dip into milk chocolate. A perfect little homemade gift!
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Ingredients
- 4 ounces dark chocolate I used 70% cocoa content
- 2 tablespoons butter chopped into pieces
- ½ cup heavy/double cream
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 orange the juice of half, the zest of the whole
- 9 ounces milk chocolate
- a little cocoa powder to decorate
Instructions
- Break up the dark chocolate and put it in the bowl with the butter and orange zest.
- Heat the cream and sugar together on a low to medium heat until it almost comes to the boil.
- Pour the cream and sugar mixture over the chocolate and butter and leave it to stand for a couple of minutes to allow the chocolate and butter to melt.
- Stir the mixture until smooth, add a pinch of salt and the orange juice, then stir well again. Cover and put in the fridge for a few hours (or even overnight) to firm up.
- When the mixture is firm, break up two thirds of the milk chocolate into a bowl and melt it in the microwave in 30-second spurts (alternatively, melt it over a bowl over a pan of simmering hot water, without allowing the bowl to touch the water). When the chocolate is melted, add the last third of chocolate* and allow it to melt into the rest, then give it a good stir.
- Scoop up teaspoonsful of truffle mixture, roll or pat them into a rough ball, then dip them into the melted milk chocolate on the spoon. Quickly tip them out onto a sheet of baking paper to set. Sprinkle immediately with a little cocoa powder.
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Notes
- Recipe based on perfect chocolate truffles (Guardian life and style section).
- We add the last third of the milk chocolate to the already-melted chocolate as a quick and easy way to 'temper' it (to keep it shiny rather than matt and potentially crumbly).
- Try packaging the truffles by piling them into the corner of a meat roasting bag and tying the top with a nice piece of ribbon. They look beautiful and are perfect to give as a gift like this!
Nutrition Information
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Calories
111kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
10g
(3%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
9mg
(3%)
Sodium
13mg
(1%)
Potassium
77mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
110IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
12mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 25truffles
Amount Per Serving
Calories 111 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 111kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 10g | 3% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 9mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 13mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 77mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 110IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 12mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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