Chocolate Cranberry Truffles
Ingrediënten
- 16 ounces dark chocolate
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ cup whole berry cranberry sauce
- ½ orange zest of it
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 pound chocolate candy coating
- ½ cup almonds finely chopped
Instructies
- Chop the dark chocolate into small pieces and put in a microwave safe bowl.
- Melt in the microwave, stirring often.
- Heat up the cream in a sauce pan over medium heat and simmer.
- Once the cream is simmering, mix with chocolate.
- Stir until well blended.
- Add the butter, soften it first.
- Then add the zest of the orange and the cranberries and mix well.
- Cool until hardened.
- Once cooled use a candy scoop or teaspoon and form into balls using your hands.
- Place balls on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
- Cool again.
- Melt the chocolate candy coating and dip the cooled truffles one by one, place back on baking sheet.
- Sprinkle chopped nuts on truffles if desired.
- Once all truffles are completed, cool again until set.
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