如果你享受琐碎却不耐烦寂寞

April 21st, 2008
Posted in Uncategorized

Truffles 是温馨又热闹的甜品… 作法简单却琐碎. 一个人做, 会寂寞孤单得不耐烦; 几个姐妹一起边做边聊, 除了省事, 还可以增进感情.
这是去年的圣诞晚餐给同事做的; 半打送给各天生日的好友; 另外半打则给了有段日子陪我 good night talk 的堂妹.
妈妈说, 做人要懂得感恩惜福 :)

Chocolate ganache:
½ cup heavy cream
2 T unsalted butter
250g semi-sweet chocolate (Selbourne)
1 T prepared coffee
2 T kahlua
Toasted hazelnuts

Coating:
½ cup dark chocolate (Scharffen Berger)
Cocoa powder (Valrhona)
Confectioners’ sugar
Chopped almonds

1. Melt chopped chocolate, cream, and butter.
2. Remove from heat, add kahlua and let cool.
3. Chill in the fridge until semi-firm (around 1 hour).
4. Shape into tiny balls and put a hazelnut inside, chill again (30 minutes).
5. Dip the firm chocolate balls into melted dark chocolate.
6. Coat with either cocoa powder, confectioner’s sugar or chopped almonds.
7. Set overnight in the fridge for the best results.