Hi guys!
I've been working on this little Christmas gift idea and I thought I would share it :) It's a mixture for chocolate truffles! Delicious, I've tasted them. Trust me. It's really easy and you don't even need many ingredients! Also, even if it's edible it won't go soft, hard or off that quickly either :)
Here we go!
Ingredients:
200 g (7oz) milk chocolate
250 g (8oz) dark chocolate (70%+)
375 ml double cream
3 tbsp Champagne or sparkling white wine
1 tsp vanilla extract or flavouring
cocoa powder (optional)
N.B. I bought my ingredients in Italy, that's why they're all in Italian :) AND I only used half of them, so you should have more than this!
Step 1: Pour the double cream in a pan and heat it until it boils gently.
Step 2: In the mean time, chop the chocolate up, put it into a heatproof dish.
Step 3: make sure you also line a dish with cling film! This was just big enough for me, so you might want to use something bigger if you're making the whole mixture :)
Step 4: Pour half of the cream onto the chocolate to melt for about a minute, then whisk! I used that, although you can do it with an electric one as well :)
Step 5: Pour the rest of the cream and stir until nice and glossy!
Step 6: Add the vanilla and the wine! (Forgot to take a picture of the wine, sorry!)
It should now look something like this :) Well, probably better!
Step 7: Pour the mixture in the dish that you prepared before.
Step 8: Put it in the fridge and leave to set for 4 hours or more (I recommend overnight)
Step 9: When it's finally set, scoop teaspoonfuls and make them into balls.
Step 10: To make them look a bit better I coated them with cocoa powder, but it's up to you :) I used cling film and made it into a sort of bag and shook it with the truffle in it :) I hope that was clear! Remember to shake the excess powder off!
The purpose of the cling film was to make this less messy, but it clearly failed :( Tip: coat your hands in cocoa powder when you're rolling them in balls
And here they are! I actually managed to make about 30 from half of the ingredients (including a minuscule one and a malformed one), so bear that in mind :)
You can also make them in squares if you want :) In that case, take a warm knife and just slice the mixture after it's set!
Next up: Making them into little gift boxes!
So, I got these cute boxes and the pink paper from Tiger :) (which, if you don't know, you HAVE to go to) I'm sure you can find similar things in Hobby Craft or similar :)
First, I put the paper in the box and then cut it to fit, and then put the truffles in. However, please learn from my mistakes! I would actually suggest putting the truffles in first, and then cutting the paper to fit :)
And here's the box from the outside. You can just put a little bow on it to make it into a nice present or wrap it :) works either way (or on its own actually)!
I hope this might inspire somebody! It sure inspired me :) Thank you for reading and please go and check out my Virgin Money Giving page by clicking here :)
If I find some more time off from revision, I'll try and make another Xmas related post and update on fundraising!
Silvia
Credits for the recipe go to Laura Buxton :)
