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truffles with a difference

Chocolate Truffles with a Difference

Servings 20 truffles

Ingredients

to make the truffles

  • 200 g good quality dark chocolate
  • 60 ml double cream
  • 80 g unsalted butter

to make the miso caramel

  • 75 g sugar
  • 25 ml water
  • 50 ml double cream
  • 2 tbsp miso paste

the flavourings

  • 2 tbsp yuzu
  • 2 tbsp wasabi furikake (I would recommend using just 1 tbsp)
  • 2 tbsp shaoxing rice wine
  • 2 tbsp pickled ginger finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp miso caramel

to cover the truffles

  • 100 g dark chocolate
  • pink salt crystals
  • cocoa powder
  • 100 g white chocolate
  • vermicelli

Instructions

to make the caramel

  1. Put sugar and water in a heavy bottomed saucepan, stir and leave on a medium heat, stirring occasionally, until caramel in colour. Carefully add double cream (it will hiss a little) and whisk whilst off the heat, add miso paste and whisk thoroughly until smooth.

to make the truffles

  1. In a double saucepan (or a Pyrex bowl in a saucepan), place chocolate, butter and cream. Heat through slowly until smooth whilst whisking. Remove from heat and divide into 5 equal portions, adding the various flavourings to each individual portion. Leave to set, either in a fridge for a couple of hours or on the counter overnight. Don't leave them in the fridge too long or you won't be able to mold them.

to finish the truffles

  1. Remove the various truffle mixes from the fridge and, with a teaspoon, scoop out a goodly amount. Roll into a ball and place on a plate (remembering to keeping the various flavours separate) and continue until all the mixture has been used.
  2. Roll the ginger truffles and the Wasabi Furikake truffles in cocoa and place in truffle cases. Roll the rice wine truffles in vermicelli and return to fridge.
  3. Using a double boiler (or Pyrex bowl in a saucepan) melt the white chocolate over a low heat and, when removed from the heat & cooled slightly, spoon over Yuzu truffles until coated. You can use a cocktail stick pushed carefully into a truffle to help you turn and coat with the chocolate. This needs patience! Leave them to set on a plate.
  4. Melt the dark chocolate and coat the Miso caramel truffles as above. Sprinkle a couple of pink salt crystals on the top. Happy Easter!