Cognac Truffles
Ingredients:
1/4 cup of heavy cream
3 Tbl brandy or cognac or even champagne
8 oz of bittersweet chocolate (62% cacao), chopped fine (don’t use chocolate chips)
4 Tbl of butter
Unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions:
Cut your butter into bits. Place the butter in a small saucepan and turn heat to medium. When butter is half melted, add the cream. Turn to medium-high and melt the butter and heat the cream. Heat the mixture until it just bubbles around the edges.
Add the chocolate and immediately turn off the heat. Stir with a whisk right away until the chocolate is completely melted into a shiny, smooth mass. Pour into a bowl. Add the cognac and stir again until it’s all incorporated. If you’re using flavored stevia drops, add them now and mix in. Put the bowl in the refrigerator until the whole mass firms up.
Shape the mixture into balls that are just under an inch in size. Roll lightly in cocoa powder. Store in the refrigerator and take them out to come to room temperature to serve. That’s when they will taste the dreamiest.
You can suck on one for quite some time. Makes a decadent snack.
Enjoy!
Cheers,
Zola
