Cooking Recipe Chocolate Truffles
Recipe Ingredients
6 oz
Semisweet chocolate *
4 tb
Unsalted butter **
1/2 ts
Vanilla extract
2
Egg yolks; lightly beaten
4 tb
Unsweetened cocoa powder
Directions
*Note: Semisweet chocolate should be coarsely chopped. ** Unsalted
butter should be cut into small pieces. In a double boiler, melt the
chocolate and butter over simmering water. Remove from the heat and
stir in the vanilla. In a small bowl, gradually whisk the warm
chocolate mixture into the egg yolks. Cover and refrigerate until
firm, about 1 hour. Shape level tablespoons of the chocolate mixture
into balls and then roll them in the cocoa. Refrigerate the truffles.