Apricot Truffles recipe
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The slight sharpness of the apricot provides a delicious contrast to the dark chocolate in these luscious truffles.
ingredients
450 g milk chocolate (70 per cent cocoa)
170 ml milk
1 tbsp apricot liqueur
12 soft dried apricots, finely diced
100 g milk couverture
200 g cocoa powder
170 ml milk
1 tbsp apricot liqueur
12 soft dried apricots, finely diced
100 g milk couverture
200 g cocoa powder
method
1. Put the chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Place in a bain-marie (over a saucepan of simmering water), and mix until melted. Heat the milk in a small saucepan until boiling. Pour into the melted chocolate and stir well. Add the liqueur and blend until smooth.
2. Remove from the heat. Gradually add the apricot pieces, stirring constantly. As the mixture cools it will thicken and form a workable paste. Allow to cool so that you can roll the mixture into balls between your fingers. Leave to cool completely, while you temper the couverture for dipping.
3. Sift the cocoa powder on to a plate. Using a thin fork, stab the truffles one at a time, dip in the tempered chocolate, then roll in the cocoa powder and leave to cool.
2. Remove from the heat. Gradually add the apricot pieces, stirring constantly. As the mixture cools it will thicken and form a workable paste. Allow to cool so that you can roll the mixture into balls between your fingers. Leave to cool completely, while you temper the couverture for dipping.
3. Sift the cocoa powder on to a plate. Using a thin fork, stab the truffles one at a time, dip in the tempered chocolate, then roll in the cocoa powder and leave to cool.
serving amount
makes about 36
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