Coffee-Flavored Chocolate Truffles For Valentines Day - chocolate

Method

• Finely chop up the chocolate and add it to a bowl.
• If you choose to melt the chocolate in the microwave beforehand, you can just break it into blocks instead.
• Place the cream, mizuame and instant coffee into a saucepan and heat it up until the mixture is just about to come to a boil but turn the heat off before the boiling point.
• Pour the cream mixture into the bowl from Step 1 and mix everything together with a rubber spatula.
• Lastly, add the butter, which should be warmed to room temperature, and mix it in so that you don't fold in any air as well.
• Pour the mixture from Step 3 into a tray lined with parchment paper or cling film and leave the mixture to chill and set in the refrigerator.
• Once chilled, take the truffles out, cut into your desired size, and dust with cocoa powder.
• *Addendum: I adjusted the amounts of chocolate and cream.
• Please adjust the amount of mizuame syrup according to the sweetness of the chocolate that you're using.
• Please keep an eye on the chocolate if you are melting it in the microwave.
• The butter and mizuame is added to achieve a melt-in-the-mouth texture.
• If you want these truffles to come out the best that they can be then I sincerely recommend adding both of these ingredients.
• You can make this recipe with low-fat cream but just be careful not to let it boil or it could cause the chocolate to separate.
• I used Meiji brand dark chocolate.
• It makes great truffles and isn't overly sweet.
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