European Style Truffles
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Course : Truffles
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 30
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  8             ounces  semi-sweet chocolate
     1/2           cup  unsalted butter
  3                     egg yolk
  1              pound  chocolate
  4             ounces  semi-sweet chocolate
 

Preparation:

Heat 8 ounces semi sweet chocolate in the top of a double boiler heat until melted, remove from heat combine butter and yolks-mix well stir 1 tablespoon heated chocolate into yolk mixture-mix well add yolk mixture back into heated chocolate and beat to mix well chill until firm mold into 1-inch balls wrap in plastic and freeze until hard heat 1 pound dark chocolate to 100 degrees, in the top of a double boiler Gradually beat in grated chocolate maintain @ 87 degrees by occaisionally placing briefly over hot water or onto a heating pad dip frozen balls into melted chocolate, allowing excess to drip back into bowl place onto a sheet of parchment or waxed paper to cool serve at a cool room temperature

 

Nutritional Information:

109 Calories (kcal); 9g Total Fat; (66% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; 30mg Cholesterol; 4mg Sodium