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1. Video tutorial: Making chocolate truffles

1. Roughly chop the chocolate on chopping boards with a large sharp knife - chopping rather than breaking it into squares will help it to melt nice and quickly. Get someone to help if necessary. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
2. Put 2 heatproof mixing bowls over pans half-filled with water - make sure that the base of the bowls doesn't touch the water. Add the chocolate, then leave to melt over a gentle heat. Once it starts to melt round the edges of the bowl, stir gently just once or twice, then leave to melt again. Remove from the heat.
3. Take care, as the bowls will be hot. Using a teaspoon, spoon the melted chocolates onto the paper in round shapes as evenly sized as possible - you need 16 of each type of chocolate. Leave a teaspoon of the white chocolate in the basin for later.
4. To decorate the white chocolates, chop the raspberry flakes, then scatter on half the rounds and top with 2 almond halves. Put a pecan on the rest, then swirl over a little of the chocolate left in the bowl. Sprinkle with cocoa.
5. To make the dark chocolates, scatter half the rounds with the candied peel and the other half with the chopped cranberries and sugared cashews. Or try a combination of them all.
6. Leave the chocolates to set and harden for about 3 hours (the dark chocolate will set before the white), then pack carefully into a box. They will keep for a week.

PER CHOCOLATE

259 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 29g, fat 15 g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 1g, salt 0.07 g

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• Erie

  18 March 2009

  Erie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made these for my dads birthday, he loved them. He loves nutty chocolate but we can never find a whole varied box of them. With these you can put on what you like! Used small balls of marzipan on top to and dried cranberrys on the white chocs. Delish!

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  18 March 2009

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  Hi I'm 11 yrs old,and I'm glad I can find something easy yet sophisticated to make for my mum this year!Thank you!Along with some radox bubble bath.

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  21 March 2009

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  Making these 4 mother's day tomorrow!She likes suprises so i'm baking away!

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Ingredients

FOR THE WHITE CHOCOLATES

• 150g white chocolate
• 1 tbsp dried raspberry flakes
• 8 toasted almonds , halved
• 8 pecan halves
• 8 pinches cocoa , for dusting

FOR THE DARK CHOCOLATES

• 150g dark chocolate
• 1 tbsp candied peel
• 1 tbsp dried cranberries or raisins
• 8 sugared cashews

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Makes 8 of each flavour

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Prep 40 mins

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Ingredients

FOR THE WHITE CHOCOLATES

• 150g white chocolate
• 1 tbsp dried raspberry flakes
• 8 toasted almonds , halved
• 8 pecan halves
• 8 pinches cocoa , for dusting

FOR THE DARK CHOCOLATES

• 150g dark chocolate
• 1 tbsp candied peel
• 1 tbsp dried cranberries or raisins
• 8 sugared cashews

PER CHOCOLATE

259 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 29g, fat 15 g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 1g, salt 0.07 g

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