9th Craft of Craftmas - Homemade Chocolate Truffles

Panicing that there is someone you have forgotten to get something for? Then fear not you can make some decadent homemade chocolate truffles. Here is a very simple recipe - although you do need to allow some time to make it. 

The ingredients for these truffles includes things that people would normally have lurking in cupboards over the holidays. 

Ingredients (this will make about 25 truffles)


25g butter
140g 70% dark chocolate
145ml of double cream

flavours:
liquors/alcohol of your choice
orange

possible coatings:
cocoa powder
desiccated coconut
chopped hazelnuts
edible sparkles

1) break the chocolate into small pieces and put in a pyrex bowl
2) heat the butter and cream in a saucepan until the butter has melted and it reaches simmering point
3) poor the cream over the chocolate and mix until a smooth consistency
4) depending on the flavours you want to use split the mixture into separate smaller bowls 
5) add your flavourings, roughly a tsp at a time and mix, taste and see how you like the flavours. The combinations I used were orange zest with orange flower water (juice works just as well), whiskey and rum
6) allow to cool for 4 hours (you can speed up this process in the fridge)
7) put each of your coatings on a small plate
8) take the mixtures out of the fridge and check that they are now nice and stiff. To shape each truffle lightly coat you hands in vegetable oil and using a teaspoon or melon baller dipped in warm water take out a spoon of the mixture, roll it in your hands to make a ball.
9) immediately after you shape the balls roll it in your chosen coating
10) put your truffles in small cases and put in a little box or cellophane wrapper to give away