Easy To Make Fruit N Nut Chocolate Truffles Recipe

By Christopher Martin


Food keeps the body going. One needs to intake food in order to be energized and get going throughout the whole day. After every meal, there would just be times wherein you will be craving for sweet desserts, and in this article you will learn a very simple fruit n nut chocolate truffles recipe, that even kids can make it themselves.

Among all sweets, chocolate is the top most favorite. This is why you can find a lot of desserts made out of chocolates. Chocolates are even presented as gifts, that is how popular it is. One dessert that can satisfy your sweet craving and can be presented as a gift is truffle. Kids and adults, no matter what age they are will surely love this.

By now, you are probably having second thought about making truffles. You may be thinking right now, that this is just a waste of time and money, and is even more costly than buying ready made ones. For your information, truffles are very easy to make, and this particular recipe is easier that the regular ones, but the taste it will give is surely mouth watering.

The recipe you are going to learn in this article is very simple. Its very simple, that even your kids can make this themselves. Many of you might know what chocolate truffles are, and that is what you will be learning. However, this truffle has its own twist, not the usual stuff that you can get in pastry shops. Continue reading to learn the recipe.

The estimated time on how long will you be doing this dessert is 3 hours and 40 mins. While its preparation time would take 10 mins and cook time for another 10 mins. With the ingredients provided below you can make thirty to thirty pieces. When you plan on gifting this, that would be five to seven gifts when put in parchment.

Here are the ingredients you need to prepare. One third cup of pecans, eight ounces of finely chopped semisweet chocolate, one teaspoon vanilla extract, half teaspoon orange zest, a pinch of kosher salt, half a cup heavy cream, a tablespoon of unsalted butter, one third cup finely chopped dried apricots and dried prunes. For decoration, sanding sugar. Use a food safe gloves for this.

Preheat your oven into 350 degrees. In a baking sheet, spread pecans and bake it for about 8 to 10 mins, until they are toasted. Let it cool before finely chopping. Mix together chocolate, orange zest, vanilla, and salt. Heat butter and cream in a saucepan, fire should be medium low. Pour your steaming hot butter and cream into the chocolate, then let it sit for about 10 mins.

What to know. The shortening is important because this will help the coating to set, so it does not melt easily. Hence, make sure you use the right shortening. If your purpose of creating this is to present such as gift, put each truffle in some decorative cup to avoid them from bumping into one another.

For a more decorative look, you might want to drizzle some white vanilla all over the truffles. This drizzle is easy to make. You just have to put some white vanilla chips in some microwavable container and microwave it. Constantly check and stir until it melts. For those who does not have any pipes, improvise and use a resealable plastic bag.




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