Yesterday, I didn't get very much Christmas baking done at all.
I only managed to make one thing :
Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles.
I only managed to make one thing :
Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles.
Here's my mise en place for the hazelnut base:
1 cup hazelnuts, toasted
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 stick unsalted butter
6 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
2 large aigs
1 cup hazelnuts, toasted
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 stick unsalted butter
6 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
2 large aigs
Preheat oven to 350. Butter bottom and sides of an 8-inch square pan and dust with cocoa powder.
Finely grind nuts in food processor with flour, sugar, and salt.
And by the way, those hazelnuts? I shelled them all myself.
Melt butter in saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and whisk until smooth. Add aigs 1 at a time, whicking until smooth. Stir in nut/flour mixture until just combined.
Finely grind nuts in food processor with flour, sugar, and salt.
And by the way, those hazelnuts? I shelled them all myself.
Melt butter in saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and whisk until smooth. Add aigs 1 at a time, whicking until smooth. Stir in nut/flour mixture until just combined.
Cool completely.
Now, on to the ganache.
2 large aig yolks
1 cup heavy cream
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup heavy cream
1/8 tsp salt
12 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
Now, I only had 2 ounces left of the bittersweet, so I had to improvise.
I used 2 0z. bittersweet, 4 oz, sweetened, 5 oz. semisweet, and 1 oz. unsweetened.
Beat yolks. (This is how I used up 2 of the 6 aig yolks leftover from yesterday.) Bring cream with salt to a boil in small saucepan, then add half of it to yolks in a slow stream, whisking constantly. Whisk yolk mixture INto remaining cream and cook over low heat, whisking, until slightly thickened. (170 degrees) Do not let boil. Remove from heat and add chocolate, whisking until smooth.
Doesn't that look yummy?
Here's my hazelnut base on the left and the ganache ready to spread.
Pouring the ganache INto the pan.
Can't you just SEE all the flavor?
Wallah!
Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles.
Now, here's my money shot.
And I must say, I am very, very confused.
These look nothing like Aunt Sandy's.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_26029,00.html
They look nothing like Cissyboo's.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/cissyboo/SLop%20Truffles/DSCN0951.jpg
And they look nothing like PeggyBetty's.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/peggybetty/fcdd602c.jpg
Where did I go wrong?
Well, Rosie, that is what happens when you use a real recipe and insist upon doing things the right way. Hopefully, this will be a lesson for you.
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