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Chocolate Praline Truffles
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Brief Description
Chocolate truffles with almonds, coffee, and a little rum.
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Main Ingredient
chocolate
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Category: Candy
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Cuisine: French
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Prep Time: 180 min(s)
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Cook Time: 20 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Notes:
I usually double this recipe.
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Posted By: mimisrecipes
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Posted On: Oct 25, 2018
Number of Servings:
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cups - unblanched almonds
- 1/2 cups - sugar
- 8 ounces - bittersweet chocolate finely chopped
- 1/2 sticks - butter chopped
- 2 tablespoons - strong coffee
- 1 1/2 tablespoons - whipping cream
- 1 teaspoons - light rum
- 2 1/2 tablespoons - unsweetened cocoa or a little more, as needed
Directions:
Oil baking sheet. Combine almonds and sugar in heavy skillet. Melt and cook until dark. Pour onto sheet; cool completely. Break into pieces and process to a powder.
Melt 6 ounces of chocolate with butter, coffee, cream and rum in top of double boiler. Pour into bowl and cool. Slowly stir in praline powder. Refrigerate (45 minutes).
Roll between waxed paper to form balls; refrigerate until firm.
Melt remaining 2 ounces of chocolate in top of double boiler. Roll truffle in melted chocolate. Remove with fork to waxed paper. Refrigerate until firm.
Roll in cocoa powder; transfer to a container and refrigerate (up to 1 week) or freeze.
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