Chocolate Truffles
A classic French chocolate confection with a ganache center, coated in a chocolate shell and rolled in cocoa powder.
Ingredients
Chocolate ganache (rolled into small balls after cooling to soft consistency)
Chocolate (for coating, use 70% dark chocolate)
Cocoa powder (for coating the surface of the chocolate balls)
Instructions
1
Make Chocolate Balls
Pipe the cooled, soft-consistency chocolate ganache into small mounds on parchment paper using a #10 round piping tip, then refrigerate for 1 hour to set.
2
Melt Coating Chocolate
Melt 70% dark chocolate over a double boiler and keep it warm.
3
Coat with Chocolate Shell
Use a fork to dip the chocolate balls quickly into the melted chocolate to coat them evenly with a chocolate outer layer.
4
Coat with Cocoa Powder
Roll the chocolate-coated balls in cocoa powder to fully coat them.
5
Storage
Place on parchment paper and store in the refrigerator.
6
Serving
Serve with coffee.
