Free Recipe Chocolate Nut Truffles
Recipe Type: H Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
Cooking Ingredients for Chocolate Nut Truffles Recipe
1/4 c Ground espresso coffee
1 c Water
1/2 lb Whole almonds
1/2 lb Whole hazelnuts or filberts
1-3/4 c Sugar
3/4 c Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tb Cinnamon
1 pn Pepper
2 tb Nut liqueur or grappa
1 ts Vanilla extract
1/4 ts Almond extract
Sugar for dusting
Chocolate Nut Truffles Preparation
Directions: Make a strong coffee by bring water to a boil and stirring in the ground coffee. Allow to boil for a few seconds. Remove from heat and add a few spoonfuls of cold water to gather the grinds or strain. Let cool to room temperature. Toast the nuts together in a 450 degree oven for 10 minutes. Remove the skins when cool. Finely chop the nuts and place in a large bowl. Add the remaining dry ingredients to the bowl and mix well. Place the liqueur and extracts into a measuring cup. Pour enough coffee into the measuring cup so that it equals 1/2 cup. Make a well into the nut mixture in the bowl and pour the coffee into the center. Mix together to form a tight paste. Add more coffee in small amounts if too dry. Cover a work surface with waxed paper. Working with wet hands, roll the mixture into small balls and place on paper. When all truffles are formed, dust them in a coating of sugar. Yields 40 truffles. Converted by MC_Buster. Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.
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Recipe Serves: 1
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