Chocolate Raspberry Truffles – House Grown Happiness

February 2, 2022

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Printed: Jan 7, 2022 · by Elien ·

These chocolate raspberry truffles are clean and creamy with vivid pops of freeze-dried raspberry.

These raspberry chocolate truffles are really easy to whip collectively and solely want 4 components! Should you use dairy-free darkish chocolate then they’re vegan too.

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Vegan ganache truffles

These truffles use a coconut cream and chocolate ganache base.

Chocolate ganache is made utilizing cream and milk. The quantity of cream varies relying on what the ganache is getting used for, in addition to the kind of chocolate. For darkish chocolate truffles, a ratio of 1 half cream to 2 components chocolate (measured in weight) is used.

These truffles use coconut cream as an alternative of dairy cream. That coupled with vegan darkish chocolate ensures the truffles are vegan too.

Should you choose to make use of common heavy cream, you possibly can substitute that for coconut cream.

Elements

For these chocolate raspberry truffles, you’ll need –

Semi-sweet darkish chocolate. I exploit Whittakers 50% cocoa darkish chocolate.
Coconut cream
Freeze-dried raspberries
Coconut oil

Freeze-dried raspberries

Freeze-dried raspberries are filled with flavour and color. They’re dried at under freezing level and the water is extracted by a high-pressure vacuum. The tip result’s a crisp and dry fruit that retains its construction and flavour.

The crispiness means that you can simply crumble the fruit or mix it into powder to deliver flavour into your desserts. Crumbled freeze-dried raspberries are stirred by the truffle ganache and sprinkled on high of the completed truffles.

The raspberries might be substituted for different freeze-dried fruits.

Technique

Begin by chopping the chocolate. The smaller you chop it, the better it is going to be to soften. Add it to a heat-proof bowl.

In a small saucepan, warmth the coconut cream till simply simmering (not boiling). Pour it over the chopped chocolate.

Let it sit for five minutes then stir till shiny. If it wants somewhat additional assist to soften, pop the bowl over a saucepan of boiled water, or within the microwave for 20 seconds.

Crumble within the freeze-dried raspberries.

Pour the combination right into a flat dish and let it chill within the fridge for about an hour and a half.

Rolling

Use a teaspoon to scoop small mounds of ganache and roll it between your arms into balls. The heat of your arms will soften the ganache, so place it again within the fridge if it will get too smooth.

Dipping

Soften collectively the chocolate and coconut oil for the topping.

Dip every truffle within the chocolate utilizing a fork. Let the surplus chocolate drip off.

Place every dipped truffle on parchment paper. Prime with additional freeze-dried raspberries and whereas they’re nonetheless moist. Chill the truffles one other hour earlier than serving.

Substitutions

You may-

Substitute the coconut cream for heavy cream.
Swap the freeze-dried raspberries out for freeze-dried strawberries, blueberries, blackcurrants, orange or different freeze-dried fruits.
As a substitute of dipping in chocolate, roll them in flaked almonds or different nuts for somewhat crunch.

Storing

Retailer the truffles at a cool room temperature for as much as 2 days or within the fridge for as much as 3 weeks. Maintain them refrigerated in case you’re in a heat space.

Yield: 16