Amazing DIY chocolate truffles
These are deconstructed chocolate truffles and if you arrange this nicely on a table, put a few cocktail sticks next to them and let people get stuck in and make their own, I'm telling you, you'll have some excited guests. It's interesting, it's different and to be able to make your own truffle is really quite cool, not to mention delicious. It's worth remembering that chocolate is friends with lots of different types of booze so, if you prefer, you can swap out the brandy here for rum, whiskey or red wine.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 5 of 10 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Clementine | not in our table | 0 |
| Brandy | not in our table | 0 |
| Mixed Nuts | not in our table | 0 |
| Brazil Nut | not in our table | 0 |
| Hazelnut | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 300 ml double cream
- 1 knob unsalted butter
- finely grated zest of 1 clementine
- 300 g good-quality dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken into small pieces
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 splash brandy
- 1 handful mixed nuts, (Brazil nuts, toasted almonds and hazelnuts)
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, to serve
- 1 pack biscotti, to serve
- 1 bottle Vin Santo, to serve