Name: Cocktail truffle selection
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Makes 30 (10 of each flavour)
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100g white chocolate chopped; green gel food colouring (optional); 1 mini meringue crushed; 100g dark chocolate chopped; 100g espresso-flavoured dark chocolate (I used Green & Blacks espresso), chopped; 25g butter softened; 50g icing sugar; 2 tsp Pisco; a dash of bitters; 1 tsp lime zest; 50g dark chocolate; 25g butter; 2 tbsp double cream; 1 tsp vodka; 1 tsp coffee liqueur; 1 tbsp dried cranberries; 1 tbsp orange liqueur; 25g butter; 25g icing sugar; 1 tsp lime zest; 1 tsp cranberry jelly; gold food colouring brush pen (we used a Rainbow Dust bright gold food pen from hobbycraft.co.uk); 10 chocolate-coated coffee beans; 3 x 10-hole silicone chocolate mould trays (you can use different shapes) or a 30-hole silicone chocolate mould tray; 3 piping bags; presentation box; tissue paper

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Cocktail truffle selection

Cocktail truffle selection

Miriam Nice

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Makes 30 (10 of each flavour)

Easy

Prep: 1 hr

Cook: 10 mins

plus setting and 2 hrs cooling

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These homemade chocolates are filled with boozy flavours such as Pisco sour, espresso martini and Cosmopolitan – an irresistible homemade gift

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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For the chocolate shells

100g white chocolate

chopped
green gel food colouring

(optional)
1 mini meringue

crushed
100g dark chocolate

chopped
100g espresso-flavoured dark chocolate

(I used Green & Blacks espresso), chopped

For the Pisco sour filling

25g butter

softened
50g icing sugar
2 tsp Pisco
a dash of bitters
1 tsp lime

zest

For the espresso martini filling

50g dark chocolate
25g butter
2 tbsp double cream
1 tsp vodka
1 tsp coffee liqueur

For the Cosmopolitan filling

1 tbsp dried cranberries
1 tbsp orange liqueur
25g butter
25g icing sugar
1 tsp lime

zest
1 tsp cranberry jelly

To decorate

gold food colouring

brush pen (we used a Rainbow Dust bright gold food pen from hobbycraft.co.uk)
10 chocolate-coated coffee beans

You will need

3 x 10-hole silicone chocolate mould

trays (you can use different shapes) or a 30-hole silicone chocolate mould tray
3 piping bags
presentation box
tissue paper

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Nutrition: per Pisco sour truffle (see tips for other truffles)

kcal91
fat5g
saturates3g
carbs9g
sugars8g
fibre1g
protein1g
salt0.1g

Method

step 1

Start by placing half the white chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Once melted, take the bowl off the heat and add the rest of the white chocolate and the food colouring, if using (just use a tiny amount as the gel colours are quite strong). Stir occasionally to allow the chocolate to melt in the residual heat. Sprinkle a pinch of meringue into 10 of the holes of your chocolate mould. Once the chocolate has melted, use half to coat the insides of the holes where you have sprinkled meringue. Use the end of a teaspoon to spread the chocolate up the sides of the moulds so that the the inside is coated. Leave to set for 45 mins-1 hr.
step 2

Meanwhile, melt the other chocolates in separate bowls using the same method, then use each to coat a further 10 holes of the mould. Keep back half of each chocolate mixture, as you will need this to seal the truffles.
step 3

While the chocolate sets, make the fillings. For the Pisco sour filling, beat the softened butter together with the icing sugar until pale and smooth. Add the Pisco, bitters and lime zest and stir well. Transfer to a piping bag and store in a cool place until needed.
step 4

To make the espresso martini filling, melt the dark chocolate and butter in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water (or in the microwave). Remove from the heat and mix in the double cream, vodka and coffee liqueur. Leave to cool for 5 mins. Transfer to a piping bag and store in a cool place until needed.
step 5

For the Cosmopolitan filling, Put the dried cranberries in a bowl with the orange liqueur and leave to soak for 15 mins. Beat the butter with the icing sugar, then stir in the cranberries and liqueur, bit by bit. Mix in the lime zest and cranberry jelly. Transfer to a piping bag and store in a cool place until needed.
step 6

Once all the chocolate has set in the moulds, pipe the Pisco sour filling into the green/white chocolate shells, the espresso martini filling into the espresso chocolate shells (saving a bit for sticking the beans on later) and the Cosmopolitan filling into the dark chocolate shells. Leave 2mm of space at the top of each one.
step 7

Bring the pan(s) of water back to simmering, then set the reserved bowls of chocolate over to melt them again if they have set. Use this remaining chocolate to fill up the moulds and seal in the filling. Try to fill the moulds level or just under – if they go over, they won’t sit flat when the chocolates are turned out.
step 8

Leave your truffles somewhere cool to set completely for at least 2 hrs (ideally overnight). If you put them in the fridge they will set more quickly, but they will lose their shine.
step 9

Once set completely, pop the chocolates out of the moulds carefully. Add a brush stroke of gold to the Cosmopolitan truffles using your brush pen. Stick a chocolate- coated coffee bean on each of the espresso martini truffles using a bit of the filling. Arrange in a box lined with baking parchment and tissue paper. Will keep in a cool place for up to 1 week.

RECIPE TIPS

STORING YOUR CHOCOLATES

As these chocolates have not been ‘tempered’ (heated and cooled to precise temperatures), they may become dull and develop chocolate ‘bloom’ (white patches) if kept for more than 1 week.

NUTRITION FOR ESPRESSO MARTINI TRUFFLES

Each espresso Martini truffle contains 130 kcals, 11g fat, 6g saturates, 6g carbs, 5g sugars, 1g fibre, 1g protein and 0.1g salt.

NUTRITION FOR COSMOPOLITAN TRUFFLES

Each Cosmopolitan truffle contains 94 kcals, 5g fat, 3g saturates, 9g carbs, 8g sugars, 1g fibre, 1g protein and 0.1g salt.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2015

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