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Dark Chocolate Nut Butter Truffles

Deeba Rajpal Darpan, 10 Nov, 2023
  • Dark Chocolate Nut Butter Truffles

Ingredients (makes 10-12 truffles)

  • 100g 54% dark couverture chocolate, chopped fine
  • 125g cream 
  • 50g walnut butter {recipe follows}
  • 25g dried cranberries

To dip

  • 200g 54% dark couverture chocolate
  • 10ml extra virgin olive oil
  • Place the chocolate in a bowl. Heat the cream to almost boiling, then pour over the chocolate and let it stand for 10-15 minutes until soft. Whisk gently until smooth and leave to come to room temperature.
  • Stir in the nut butter and dried cranberries, then cling wrap and refrigerate for a couple of hours or overnight until firm enough to shape into balls.
  • Roll into walnut-sized balls, and place in the freezer while you make the melted chocolate dip.
  • Place the chocolate over a double boiler and stir until melted. Whisk in the olive oil.
  • Immediately dip the truffles into the melted chocolate and stand to set. Drizzle over with more melted chocolate.
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Walnut Butter

  • 250g walnuts
  • Pinch sea salt
  • 2 tbsp jaggery powder
  • Preheat the oven to 180C.
  • Bake the walnuts at 180C for 10-12 minutes until fragrant. Make sure they don't get over-brown, or else the walnut butter will get bitter.
  • Place in blender and process in short pulses until the walnuts get pasty, then begin releasing oil.
  • Add a pinch of salt and the jaggery powder.
  • Transfer to a glass bottle and store in the fridge.

 

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