Refrigeration Time: at least 2 to 3 hours.
Cooking Time: 15 minutes or less
Makes: 50 to 60 delectable morsels.
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Lethal Chocolate Raspberry Truffles
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A deadly combination of nature’s two most perfect foods – raspberries and chocolate. Aunt Lizzie will go nuts.
ingredients
| 8squares | (8 oz) semisweet chocolate |
| 6tbsp | (90 mL) unsalted butter |
| ½cup | (125 mL) seedless raspberry jam |
| 2tbsp | (30 mL) whipping cream |
| unsweetened cocoa powder or finely chopped hazelnuts |
directions
| 1. | In a small saucepan set into a larger one partially filled with simmering water (or in a double boiler, if you have one) melt the chocolate with the butter, stirring until smooth. Be careful to keep the water level low to avoid any of the water leaking into the chocolate. |
| 2. | Remove chocolate from head and have your resident chocolatier add the raspberry jam to the whipping cream and stir the mixture until completely smooth. |
| 3. | To produce classic round truffles, refrigerate the mixture until firm – at least 2 to 3 hours. Then working quickly and with clean hands, roll spoonfuls of truffle mixture into ½-inch balls. Immediately drop each bgall into a bowl of cocoa powder or finely chopped hazelnuts, and roll around to coat. Since the chocolate mixture melts easily, truffle-rollers must (alas) restrain themselves from handling them too much. And no finger licking until youýre all finished. |
| 4. | If that sounds like too much fiddling around, lightly grease an 8-inch (20 cm) baking pan, line the bottom with waxed paper, and pour in the warm truffle mixture. Refrigerate several hours until firm, then run a knife around the edges of the pan and turn the whole business out onto a cutting board. It should drop out in one block. Peel the waxed paper off the chocolate and with a sharp knife, cut the truffles into small squares. Toss them in a bowl of cocoa powder or hazelnuts to coat. |
| 5. | Store truffles in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator. |
First published in Today's Parent's 12/1996 issue. © Rogers Media Publishing Inc.
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