Installing Indoor Cat Tree

[Lesley]

As requested by Martin

 

Chocolate Truffles

 

450g of good quality chocolate - I use Green and Blacks - half plain, half milk.

 

275 ml Double Cream

 

3tbsp of alcohol of your choice - or orange juice and grated rind etc.

 

25g cocoa - good quality again.

 

Melt the chocolate in a bowl placed over hot, not boiling, water.

Stir in the cream and alcohol/juice.

Leave somewhere cool or place in the fridge until cool enough to spoon into balls.

Put the cocoa into a shallow dish.

Scoop out teaspoonsful of the mixture and drop onto the cocoa, move the truffle around until coated in cocoa.

Place in sweet cases if required.

 

This amount makes 70 truffles - 20 for a present and the rest for............

 

Here are some I made earlier............ I like mine to be rough shapes and not look as if they came from a factory ......

Edited December 13, 2006 by Guest

[Martin B]

Delicious! Will be making some soon!

 

Alcohol!

[Lesley]

Have you got any of your Baileys left?

[Martin B]

Not the one from Burghley, but I'm sure I've seen some somewhere!

[Charlottechicken]

These look lovely Lesley, I may have a go at making some as well for Christmas presents.

 

Thanks for sharing the recipe

[Lesley]

They are so easy Claire - I've frozen some of the mixture and will defrost it in a couple of weeks. I will report back here as it should help ease the Christmas rush if it freezes well.

[harveypup]

These look yummy.... just ging to add ingredients to my list!!

[Linda]

Lesley, they look wonderful! How long do they stay fresh? I'm having friends round for dinner on Saturday and would quite like to make some to have with the coffee.

[Lesley]

Lesley, they look wonderful! How long do they stay fresh? I'm having friends round for dinner on Saturday and would quite like to make some to have with the coffee.

 

er.......um.......I would assume that they keep for a few days as they are made with fresh cream. Personally speaking, I wouldn't know

[Mel (& Paul)]

Lesley

I am on my way to Stratford right now

put that last truffle down

[Linda]

I suppose it was a bit of a stupid question!!

[Louise]

I made some last night as I have my dad to stay for the weekend and he loves truffles

 

I made the filling last night and the truffles this morning then popped them back in the fridge with the intention of bringing half to work tomorrow to check they are edible ( I don't really like chocolate so I need guinea pigs )

 

I would have brought them today but they were starting to get a bit soft again

[Lesley]

I made the filling last night and the truffles this morning then popped them back in the fridge with the intention of bringing half to work tomorrow to check they are edible

 

your cooking? - or my recipe?

 

Linda - I didn't like to be rude - but I did think it was a strange question!

 

I do keep them in the fridge until needed, then leave them at room temperature.

[Louise]

My cooking Lesley I am not very good at sweet stuff

[Lesley]

Well - your PM tells me that they were a success Louise!

 

The spare ones from the Sunday batch are still in the fridge - I had one for my breakfast and they are still OK - I'll test them every day to see how long they last Linda

[Louise]

Oh yes even I liked them

 

Most of them will get scoffed today I think I mentioned to someone yesterday I was bringing in truffles and he said he would pop up to my building for coffee - some coincidence

 

I suspect even I will eat a couple

 

Its a shame we aren't doing a coffee morning at work this year as I think they would go down a storm

 

Never again will I pay inflated prices for truffles from a cake or sweet shop

[kannie]

I make Delia's truffles - they're really good. Use some yogurt, I think, not that you'd know that from the taste - so you feel a little less guilty! I freeze them, and have been known to eat them straight from the freezer! They're yummy like that!!

[AnnieP]

Lesley... If I had known I wouldn't have brought you truffles!

[Lesley]

Annie - the truffles you brought me were most welcome (and I reused the box! )

 

I don't seem to have much time these days? I only made these as a Birthday present for my SM as it was quicker than going into town to buy something

 

I've been making a lot of ice cream to use up eggs so had the cream in the fridge. Our farmshop sells reasonably local Jersey Cream.

[Louise]

My dad loved the truffles and I now have to have a batch ready for him when he comes back from Spain in two weeks so he can take them to work

[Linda]

 

The spare ones from the Sunday batch are still in the fridge - I had one for my breakfast and they are still OK - I'll test them every day to see how long they last Linda

Bless your heart Lesley! I've never come across such selfless devotion to duty. Thank you!

[Lesley]

I'm good to you aren't I?

 

I ate the last two this morning - they'd been left out all night and were absolutely fine. I would imagine they'd keep for two weeks if in the fridge.

[PurpleHen]

Just spotted this - and can't wait to give them a go - thanks

[myles]

Hi here are some we made earlier, a la Blue peter. These are Gordon Ramsey's recipe, White and dark centres with various alcoholic and non alcoholic flavoring, covered in icing sugar or cocoa powder and then coated in chocolate. They are a bit naughty, there were twice this amount yesterday

 

 

Thanks to lesley's lovely recipe, i'm inspired and i'm now thinking that i might make some as Christmas gifts, make them look nice in a little box.

 

Anne

[Linda]

Wow, they look wonderful Anne. They'll make lovely gifts.