Dark Chocolate Truffles
The best resource I found for chocolate creations is "Couture Chocolate". Mr. Curley gives very clear instructions. The satisfaction of following his recipes is charging and the results are always nice (considering the amateur skills of mine). I chose to make these dark chocolate truffles - very useful present for St. Valentine. Check the post I wrote for Moms & Munchkins , where I made half of this recipe into heart shaped truffles and only coated them in dark chocolate. for the truffles: 220 ml heavy cream 30 g sugar 250 g dark chocolate 35 g unsalted butter, cubed 250 g tempered chocolate for coating (73% cocoa) cocoa powder for coating mixture of ground almonds and caramel crumbles for coating prepare the ganache: Chop the chocolate in small pieces in a heat proof bowl. Bring the cream and sugar to boil. Pour over the chocolate and let it stay for 10 min. Stir with a flexible spatula. Add the butter and stir until the butter is mel...