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For this recipe you have landed on, we have used Milk Chocolate, which I much prefer over dark or white chocolate! We all have our own personal preference in our house! Belgian Dark Chocolate (60%) (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Anhydrous ππ’π₯π€ Fat, Emulsifier: Lecithins (ππ¨π²π)), Sugar, Vegetable Fat (Palm Kernel, Palm), Cocoa Mass, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Anhydrous ππ’π₯π€ Fat, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier: Lecithins (ππ¨π²π). After 2 hours in the fridge, the chocolate truffle mixture will be ready to work with. How to roll truffles? Next, place this bowl inside a larger bowl, now fill the larger bowl with boiling water from the kettle. Careful not to get any water in the mixture.
Now choose your toppings! There are so many options!! Cocoa Powder, nuts, sprinkles, coconut, dipped in chocolate, grated chocolate, chocolate strands, sugar strands, icing to name a few. These are small spherical sweets made from a rich chocolate paste, known as ganache, coated in chocolate powder, plain, milk or white chocolate or finely chopped nuts. The chocolate paste may be flavoured with a variety of ingredients, ranging from alcohol such as rum or brandy to coffee, or chopped dried fruits and nuts. A variety of truffles are available from Waitrose including Waitrose truffle assortment (180g), an assortment of plain, white, milk, brandy and orange and Cointreau flavoured truffles; Waitrose milk chocolate Belgian truffles (200g), truffle centres coated with Belgian milk chocolate flakes and Prestat marc de champagne truffles (275g). The longer you spend rolling the messier it will get as it melts into your palms! So don't diddle daddle, just get the job done!Although it was the most expensive to buy as a box in this batch of supermarket options, it wasn't the most expensive per gram of chocolate by a long way. Belgian ππ’π₯π€ Chocolate (60%) (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole ππ’π₯π€ Powder, Cocoa Mass, Emulsifier: Lecithins (ππ¨π²π); Flavouring), Sugar, Vegetable Fat (Palm Kernel, Palm), Anhydrous ππ’π₯π€ Fat, Cocoa Butter, Whole ππ’π₯π€ Powder, Cocoa Mass, Emulsifier: Lecithins (ππ¨π²π). We keep a selection of these Milk Chocolate Truffles out on the sideboard over Christmas for people to help themselves. Meanwhile warm butter and cream together in the microwave, do not allow it to boil. Start with 30 seconds stir and keep adding 10 seconds more until warmed through.
Comes in a classy looking box that would work well as a gift, inside is a silver sealed bag containing the truffles. The price is one of the cheaper per gram so good value for money too. The answer is yes of course! However, we need to experiment with measurements for you. But will bring a new blog post out with liqueur chocolate truffles soon! Sainsburyβs Taste the Difference Cocoa Dusted Belgian Chocolate Truffles (Image: Alison Brinkworth) We will guide you through with pictures, follow along below. Alternatively, scroll to the bottom and print out the recipe card. Best way to melt chocolate for truffles?The surprise was how many options fell short of expectations. I found Tesco and Asda's options to be awful and Waitrose's the most disappointing. This is what happened when we put a range of supermarket brand chocolate truffles to the taste and value for money test. Waitrose Salted Caramel Truffles