Saturday, April 15, 2017

Homemade Champagne Truffles An Indulgent Choice

By Elizabeth Baker


Truffles are loved by everyone and people think that its extremely difficult to make truffles at home. The reality is quite opposite because they are not as difficult to make as you think provided you know how to manage chocolate correctly. You can make your own champagne truffles and the recipe is pretty easy and simple to follow.

Take a good amount of plain chocolate any flavor of your choice but it should be plain. Mostly, people prefer milk chocolate as it beautifully compliments the flavor of champagne. Dark chocolate could add bitterness to the truffles so just avoid using such variety.

Take the chocolate bar and break it into small pieces and then finally grind it up using a food processor. The reason you have to grind up the chocolate is because if you try to work with small pieces of chocolate, it would leave a bit of lump and you won't like a lump in your truffle.

Place a small saucepan on the stove and pour in cream, little amount of champagne and some butter and just lightly warm up this mixture. You don't have to boil it up otherwise champagne would just evaporate. Use full fat cream if you want to get a creamy texture. Afterwards add the mixture over the chocolate and blend it up until smooth and creamy in texture.

Mix everything well together until it forms a smooth creamy texture. To give it an additional flavor, include a touch of yogurt in it. To ensure that the mixture is set, you have to refrigerate it for about eight hours or more so that it doesn't look runny anymore. It will thicken up after a few hours time and then you're good to go. This is the fundamental truffle blend which you can use to make plain and also different assortments of truffle.

Always use good quality chocolate for your truffles because otherwise they won't taste good at all. Opt for brands that you can trust instead of buying something that is just cheap. Also, the champagne you use should be of good quality otherwise the truffles would taste too bitter to consume.

Whilst making this indulgent treat, you have to be a bit careful in handling the mixture because it will start to melt down as soon as you start working with it. You'd have to work them quickly so that they do not melt and retain their shape. Put them in a fridge afterwards because if the outside temperature is too hot, they will begin to loose their shape.

Its up to you to add different sort of flavors to the truffle mixture if you want to add a personal touch. You could put in some nuts, dried chopped ginger as well as dried fruits. The flavors you add should taste great with chocolate otherwise you will end up with something that tastes too bitter or not so nice. You can also freeze them to consume them later or just gobble them down if you desire.




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