Homemade Marzipan Truffles
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- 30 minutes for shelling the almonds and 1 hour cooling time
- Easy
- Makes Truffles
Ingredients
- 200 g Whole almonds
- 100 g sugar
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- half tsp cinnamon
- 120 g dark chocolate
Method
- STEP 1Put almonds in hot water for two minutes, than scrape the shell out of nuts. Whizz the almonds in a food processor until they are finely chopped, then tip into a large bowl.
- STEP 2Mix together sugar, cinnamon and vanilla extract and stir it all in almonds, then whizz to a smooth sticky paste.
- STEP 3Marzipan can take any shape. It's up to you to decide. I prefer roll it into balls.
- STEP 4Melt the chocolate in a glass bowl set over a small pan of simmering water. Take away and put marzipan one by one in the chocolate, cover it all over and put aside.
- STEP 5Put in the fridge and cool for 1-2 hours
