Vodka and lemon truffles
( SERVES 8 )
Publication: NZ Woman's Weekly
Search out a truffle-dipping spoon for faultless covering in white chocolate. Otherwise, a regular spoon will do.
Ingredients
| 200 g | Butter |
| 875 g | White chocolate, melts, 500g chocolate melt for dipping |
| ¼ cup | Vodka |
| 1 | Lemon, grated rind |
| 3 cups | Icing sugar |
Directions
- Put chocolate and butter in a microwave-proof bowl and heat on medium until melted, 5 to 6 minutes. Stir after 3 minutes to prevent clumping in the bottom of the bowl.
- Add vodka, lemon rind and icing sugar until well combined.
- Chill in fridge, about 30 minutes, until firm enough to roll into small balls. If mixture gets too solid to roll, soften gently in the microwave.
- When the balls are finished, put them in the fridge to get really solid.
- Melt extra chocolate in the microwave on medium, stirring often until smooth.
- Dip the truffles using a truffle-dipping spoon.
- Once set, package in cellophane and give them to your lucky friends.
CASBAH DATES
- Using the truffle mixture while it is still soft, you can do these delicious stuffed dates to have with coffee or make as a gift. Buy soft fresh Medjool dates from your supermarket.
- Slit and remove the stones. Insert a little soft truffle mixture and a whole toasted almond and close the date.
- Dip in melted dark or white chocolate and place on a lined tray. Place a pistachio nut or a sprinkle of floral sugar on top and leave to set. Package as a gift in papier-mâché seedling containers for a rustic look.
http://www.bite.co.nz/recipe/8384/Vodka-and-lemon-truffles/
Comments
Marcalla
added 111 days agoFollowed this recipe exactly, and after the chocolate and butter were melted, adding the vodka seemed to split the mixture. After mixing everything and putting in fridge to set, butter began to collect on top, I removed this with a spoon once everything set and continued to make the truffles, which consistency wise were fine and were quite sweet, as expected with three cups of icing sugar! Could not taste the vodka. Will probably stick to the the classic cream and chocolate ganache combination for my next lemon/white choc truffles, rather than butter. <br><br>And to answer George58, it's 875g of white choc in total, with 500g set aside for melting (although I had some leftover after dipping mine).
Marcalla
added 111 days agoMixture made about 20-30 truffles.
George58
added 242 days agoIs it 875g of white chocolate + 500g for dipping?
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