Spicy Chocolate Truffles
Chocolate truffles are very easy to make, they are basically a chocolate ganache made with extra chocolate leaving the final mixture, firmer than normal. Chocolate truffles are named “truffles” because of their resemblance to real truffles . They are dusted with cocoa, to represent the dirt found on truffles . These little beauties are the perfect blend of sweet and heat...the heat comes from adding cayenne pepper!. When shaping the truffles, don´t worry about them to be perfectly smooth, leave them a little bumpy, that is the trademark of real truffles. 7 oz (200 g) dark chocolate 100 ml heavy cream ½ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp cayenne pepper roll in: 1/4 cup Unsweetened Cocoa 2 tbs Confectioner’s Sugar Chop up all of the chocolate into small slivers, place it in a medium bowl and sprinkle the cinnamon and cayenne over the chocolate pieces. Heat the heavy cream in a small saucepan (or in the microwave) until it just comes to a boil. Remove th...