Chocolate truffles

If your children have not resisted the temptation and have already begun to open Easter Eggs, surely you will have accumulated good quantities of chocolate at home! And what's the best way to use it, if not to blend it to create irresistible treats? I propose you some delicious chocolate truffles!

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Identity Card of the Recipe

• 462 KCal Calories per serving

• Ingrediants

  For about 40 truffles

  • 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
  • Peel of untreated oranges
  • 100 ml of fresh cream
  • 70 g of white chocolate
  • 70 g of milk chocolate
  • 70 g of dark chocolate

  For decoration

  • 20 g of chopped hazelnuts or almonds
  • 20 g of colored sprinkles, pralines or chocolate sprinkles
  • 20 g of coconut flour
  • 20 g of bitter cocoa

  Materials Needed

  • Bowls of various sizes
  • Chopping board
  • Knife
  • Grater

  Preparation

  1. Coarsely chop the dark, white and milk chocolate. Collect the three chocolates in a bowl and flavor with orange zest and a pinch of cinnamon.

  Did you know that
  To prepare these truffles we suggest flavoring the chocolate with cinnamon and orange peel. Alternatively, you can use other flavors such as: ginger, rum, almond essence, etc. ..
  Those who do not like aromas, on the other hand, can replicate the recipe by simply using chocolate (of any type) and cream.
  For the vegan version, we recommend heating vegetable cream and combining it with extra dark chocolate.

  2. Heat the fresh cream and, when it comes to a boil, pour it flush into the bowl with the chocolate, mixing gradually, until it is melted. Allow to cool, then let the mixture cool in the fridge for an hour, taking care not to make it thicken too much: the consistency of the ganache must be soft and velvety, not excessively hard.
  3. In the meantime, prepare the material for the decoration of the truffles: bitter cocoa, grated coconut, colored sprinkles and chopped hazelnuts.
  4. With a couple of teaspoons or with a small digger, take the ganache and roll it in your hands.
  5. Pass each praline into the decorations (cocoa, hazelnuts, coconut and sprinkles).
  6. Place the truffles in the paper cups and place in the freezer for at least one hour before serving.
  7. Truffles can be stored in the freezer for a couple of months: they can also be served frozen.

  Alice's comment - PersonalCooker

  Truffles are delicious sweets that no one will be able to give up! Other ideas? Hide a toasted hazelnut inside each morsel or, for a liqueur version, flavor the chocolate with rum!

  Nutritional values ​​and Health Comment on the recipe

  Chocolate truffles are foods that belong to the dessert group.
  They have a high energy intake, provided above all by lipids, followed by carbohydrates and finally by proteins.
  The fatty acids are mainly saturated and the carbohydrates above all simple; most peptides have incomplete biological value.
  Cholesterol is relevant and fiber is abundant.
  Chocolate truffles are contraindicated in cases of overweight, hypercholesterolemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertriglyceridemia.
  They do not lend themselves to the diet of the lactose intolerant, but have no negative effects on the celiac.
  They are accepted by the vegetarian philosophy, but not by the vegan one.
  The average portion as a snack is about 20-25g (90-115kcal).