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chocolate orange truffles

Chocolate Orange Truffles

These dark chocolate truffles are filled with a dark chocolate cream with orange peel, for the perfect hint of citrus.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Norwegian
Keyword: chocolate
Prep Time: 3 hours 20 minutes
Total Time: 3 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 20
Author: Silvia

Ingredients

Chocolate filling

  • 1 orange [peel]
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 and 1/3 cups dark chocolate
  • 3 and 1/2 tbsp butter (room temperature)

Chocolate coating

  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate
  • 1 tbsp coconut fat/shortening
  • 1/4 cup white chocolate (for decorating)

Instructions

  • Grate peel from one orange.
  • Bring the cream and honey to a boil in a saucepan and then take off the heat.
  • Pour the cream over the chocolate in a bowl. Let the chocolate stand for a couple of minutes before stirring quickly in the center of the bowl with a spatula until smooth.
  • Stir in the butter and orange peel. If you have an immersion blender, you can let it run for a few minutes to make the cream extra smooth.
  • Store the cream in the fridge for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight.

Truffle assembly

  • Take the chocolate cream out of the fridge and immediately start rolling teaspoons of chocolate cream into balls.
  • Melt the dark chocolate with coconut fat (or shortening) on low heat in the microwave or over a water bath.
  • Use two forks to roll the chocolate cream balls in the melted chocolate, and set on baking paper to harden.
  • (Optional decoration) Melt the white chocolate and spoon it into a small plastic bag. Cut a small hole in the tip of bag and drizzle the chocolate over the truffles.
  • Let the truffles fully harden in the fridge.

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