Friday, December 30, 2011

Eggnog truffles


Soft creamy boozy eggnog goodness. Over the top rich and strong eggnog flavor

Ingredients:
130g white chocolate, finely chopped *
1 ½ tablespoons heavy cream (or commercial eggnog)
1 ½ tablespoons rum – or to taste
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg – or to taste**
cocoa powder, for rolling the truffles

*I used Godiva, you MUST use good quality white chocolate in this recipe. No white chocolate baking chips!
**I used a dash or two more, but my nutmeg is old and low quality

Servings: This made 8 (2 tsp) truffles

Instructions:
Place chocolate and cream/eggnog in a small heatproof bowl and melt over a saucepan of simmering water (Double boiler), stirring until creamy and smooth. Remove from the heat, add the rum and nutmeg and mix to combine. Taste! See if you need more rum or eggnog. If you want a more boozy taste add a bit more with a little bit more chocolate. If you need more eggnog taste add more nutmeg.

Set aside to cool, then cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 3 hours or overnight. Using a small cookie-scoop or a small spoon, make truffles with 2 teaspoons of ganache per truffle and roll into the cocoa powder.

Place in fluted paper cases. Keep refrigerated. Truffles can be refrigerated for up to 5 days.

Recipe From: TechniColorKitcheninEnglish.blogspot.com

I found these truffles to be amazing, my favorite truffle recipe of all time. No really, doesn't get better than this. I don't think I will ever try another eggnog truffle recipe, this one was perfect!

I used Godiva white chocolate, commercial store bought eggnog (super thick stuff, not all homemade eggnog will work, use heavy cream if in doubt), Captain Morgan Private Select Rum and rolled them in Hershey's unsweetened cocoa powder.

They did come out a bit soft, in a good way, but these need to stay refrigerated or you will need to add in some more white chocolate. The same thing if you want to dip them, they will need more white chocolate to firm up. I would not however recommend dipping them, they came out perfect rolled in cocoa powder.

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