Name: Chocolate, mint & chilli truffles
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Makes 25 truffles
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 150ml double cream; 100g milk chocolate chopped; 100g dark chocolate chopped; 2 tbsp butter; 3 tbsp golden syrup; 1 tsp mint extract; 2 red bird's-eye chillies roughly chopped; 50g blanched almonds finely chopped and toasted

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Chocolate, mint & chilli truffles

Chocolate, mint & chilli truffles

Jennifer Joyce

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Makes 25 truffles

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 10 mins

plus 2 hrs chilling

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Make these easy homemade truffles as an edible gift or after dinner treat - balance heat from the chilli with cooling mint extract

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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150ml double cream
100g milk chocolate

chopped
100g dark chocolate

chopped
2 tbsp butter
3 tbsp golden syrup
1 tsp mint extract
2 red bird's-eye chillies

roughly chopped
50g blanched almonds

finely chopped and toasted

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Nutrition: per truffle

kcal123
fat10g
saturates6g
carbs6g
sugars5g
fibre1g
protein1g
salt0.1g

Method

step 1

Pour the cream into a pan and heat until just steaming, but not boiling. Put the chopped chocolate and butter in a bowl, pour over the hot cream, and stir until smooth. Add the golden syrup, mint extract and chilli. Chill until firm, about 2 hrs.
step 2

Using a melon baller roll into 1 tsp balls. Roll the balls in chopped almonds and set on a tray. Cover and chill until serving.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2014

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