Truffle or chocolate?

June 10, 2020 Test author
Chocolate & co.

Truffle chocolates (also: butter truffles or chocolate truffles, in Switzerland truffles from the French for truffle) are generally spherical chocolates with a ganache filling - a gooey emulsion of chocolate, cream and flavorings. The term comes from the external resemblance of the shape to truffle mushrooms, considered rare and valuable.

The filling is a preparation of butter, cream and couverture, which is melted and stirred until creamy. Typically, it is further refined with various aromatic additions. On the one hand, these can be spices or aromas, such as vanilla, star anise or honey, and on the other hand, spirits are often added, such as kirsch, calvados, Marc de Champagne, whisky or egg liqueur.

The truffle mixture is piped in portions onto a firm base using a pastry syringe or piping bag; these fillings are then dipped in pre-tempered chocolate coating using a praline fork, rolled in powdered sugar or cocoa powder after dripping, and placed on baking paper to harden. Another variation is rolling in couverture; with the right toughness, this produces a characteristic "icky" surface. In industrial production, prefabricated hollow balls of couverture are filled with the mass and then surface-finished in one of the ways described.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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