Truffles!

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Submitted by TheLizard

For our ICSA: Mushroom Battle entry, HoChiWaWa and I pulled out all the stops with truffles!

Ingredients

  • 9 + 3 Oz Dark Chocolate
  • 1/2 C Heavy Cream
  • 1/2 Stick Butter
  • 5 TB Cocoa

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Method

Chop 9 Oz chocolate. Please ignore my crappy crappy knife. I'll get a good one soon, I promise.

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In a double boiler bring cream, butter and 9 Oz chocolate together until just melted.

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Transfer to a 9x9 pan.

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Gratuitous pussy shot!

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Chill truffle mixture, covered, until very firm, at least 12 hours, and up to 3 days.

Using a melon baller or tablespoon measure, scoop out truffle mixture and roll into balls. Contrary to popular belief, these are NOT salty chocolate balls.

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You will have to transfer the mix back and forth to the fridge to keep it cold enough to work with.

Roll balls around in cocoa powder.

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But wait! There's more. You might notice that only half the balls are powdered. Let's coat the rest with more chocolate!

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Melt 3 oz Chocolate in a double boiler

Roll balls around in chocolate.

Use fork for ball extraction. Sorry for the lack of action shots here; Hochi had left and I was doing it myself.

Chill a bit more and enjoy!

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Transfer to an air and cat-proof container for storage up to 2 weeks. God, we have a terrible sense of humor.