Mocha Truffles: Easy and Tasty Recipe

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Mocha Truffles: Easy and Tasty Recipe

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• Author: Anna Franklin

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Description

These truffles are even sugar free!

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Ingredients

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• 8 oz bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 1/2 tbsp ground espresso beans
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces

For coating the truffles:

• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• Chopped nuts
• Freeze dried fruit

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Instructions

1. Place chocolate in 4-cup glass measuring cup. Place in microwave oven and cook on medium or 50 percent power until chocolate melts and is smooth, stirring every 30 seconds, about 3 minutes total.
2. Line small strainer with double thickness of damp cheesecloth; place strainer over measuring cup with melted chocolate. Pour cream into 2-cup glass measuring cup.
3. Place in microwave oven and bring to boil on high. Stir ground espresso beans into hot cream; let steep 5 minutes. Pour cream mixture into prepared strainer set over chocolate; discard solids in strainer. Stir until cream-chocolate mixture is well blended and smooth.
4. Place butter on plate. Microwave 10 seconds on high to soften. Add butter, 1 piece at a time, to chocolate mixture, stirring until melted. This butter-rich tempered chocolate mixture is called ganache. Cover the ganache with plastic wrap and chill until firm, about 2 hours.
5. Line baking sheet with waxed paper. Place cocoa powder in medium bowl. Using 1 rounded teaspoon for each truffle, quickly roll chocolate ganache between palms into balls (chill remaining chocolate mixture briefly if mixture softens).
6. Drop each truffle into cocoa powder, nuts, or freeze dried fruit to coat; shake off excess. Place on prepared baking sheet. Chill truffles until firm, at least 2 hours.

Recipe and Styling by Anna Franklin
Photography by Dave Bryce

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