Recently I've become rather
fond of baking a lot more than ever, maybe it's the cold winter nights and
cooking up delicious treats seems more the fitting way to spent the evenings.
This week I decided I would have a go at making truffles. I've never made them
before but it seemed an easy choice and perfect for the festive season which is
slowly creeping up on us all. These white chocolate and cranberry
truffles would make the perfect home made gift too for friends and family on
that big day. Although I may need to perfect making them a smaller truffle size.
Wouldn't want my mum thinking I've handed her a bag of scotch eggs on the big
day.
These are super easy and
quick to make, unlike attempting to make fudge your also not at any risk of
burning any pans. Plus there is very little washing up to do here. If you've
read any of my baking posts, you will know I like my recipes quick and simple.
You
will need:
200ml
cream, 450g of white chocolate (I'm using giant milky bar buttons), 200g dried
cranberries, a handful of amaretti biscuit and a teaspoon of coco powder.
How
to make:
Pour
the cream into a large bowl and microwave for 60 seconds to heat the
cream.
Add
the chocolate buttons and stir into the cream, microwave for 30 seconds
intervals and keep stiring until the mix is smooth and glossy. White chocolate
burns very quickly so make sure you keep an eye on this. This should only take
another minuet.
Add
the dried cranberries and stir into the mix.
Pour
the mix onto a baking tray and leave to set in the fridge for an hour. For
plain truffles you can leave in the same bowl to set, however I wanted to keep
the cranberrys even and not all sink to the bottom of the bowl. Using a flat
baking tray also helps the mix set quicker.
Grind
the amaretti biscuits in a blender with a spoon ful of coco-powder. This is to
coat the truffles.
Once
the truffle mix has set, spoon out the mixture with a tea spoon and quickly
shape them into little balls. Don't try and get them perfect the quicker you do
this the less the mix will melt.
Coat
them with the ground amaretti powder.
share
with family & friends and enjoy.
Sammie