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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 240 Minutes |
Ready In: 250 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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These are just as delicious as chocolate truffles, but much easier to make. From Simple Food by Jill Dupleix. Cook time is freezing time. Ingredients:
160 g dark chocolate, finely chopped |
125 ml whipping cream |
250 g italian sponge cake fingers or 250 g ladyfingers |
100 g icing sugar |
3 tablespoons cocoa powder |
100 g ground almonds |
100 g finely chopped walnuts |
3 tablespoons bourbon or 3 tablespoons whiskey |
180 g butter, melted |
cocoa powder, for dusting |
Directions:
1. Heat cream in a saucepan, stirring till it bubbles.
2. Remove from heat, add chocolate, stir till it melts.
3. Whiz the sponge fingers in a food processor, or crush with a rolling pin to fine crumbs.
4. Sift icing sugar and cocoa powder into a large bowl.
5. Mix in the crumbs, ground almonds, and chopped walnuts.
6. Add bourbon, chocolate cream and butter, mix well.
7. Take a walnut size pinch of the mixture and roll into a ball in your hands.
8. NOTE: if it is too wet, add a little more cocoa powder.
9. If it is a little too dry, add a dash of bourbon.
10. Place on greaseproof paper on a tray and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or till firm.
11. Roll each chocolate bourbon ball in cocoa powder to serve.
12. Note2: To make it extra special, decorate each with edible gold leaf.
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