Nicole LeStrange, grants coordinator shares, “this is the recipe for the truffles my husband makes for us every Christmas. The recipe was given to him by his friend, Phil (“Philly Wonka” – because of these drool-worthy, addictive little nubbins he makes). Not an easy process, but Alex definitely has it down now. They’re magic.”
Using a double boiler, melt broken chocolate stirring constantly.
Remove choc from heat and blend in butter, 1 Tbs at a time
Stir in cream until blended
Stir in raspberry sauce
Chill 30-60 minutes stirring frequently until thick enough to hold shape. drop by teaspoon or no. 3 scoop onto parchment lined baking sheet.
shape into rounds if desired. cover and chill at least 2 hours to set truffles for dipping w/chocolate. makes 24 – 30 truffles.
Coating
12 oz bittersweet choc
2 tsp peanut, walnut or almond oil
Melt chocolate and heat to 118°, don’t go over but try to get as close as you can, constantly stirring, melt and heat chocolate slowly in a double boiler.
Remove from heat and stir in oil.
Cool choc to 85-90° for dipping
Dip cold firm truffle into melted chocolate holding w/a skewer or crab fork
Place each on parchment covered baking sheet
Sprinkle top w/nuts or Maldon’s large crystal salt
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