To date, sweets such as Truffle are in great demand. So, “Truffle” is a round-shaped candy named after a mushroom, because it is very similar to it. Inside the sweets contains chocolate cream, sometimes with various additives, and on top - chocolate icing, cocoa, ground nuts and wafer crumbs.
The factory production of sweets involves filling the finished chocolate halves with various fillings to reduce production time. However, at home, you can cook no less tasty sweets.
Below we consider how to make truffle candies at home, the composition of which involves the presence of a bar of dark chocolate, half a bar of milk chocolate, as well as one hundred grams of cream, two tablespoons of cognac.
Cream must be brought to a boil and immediately removed from the heat, add chocolate to them and completely dissolve it there. The resulting mixture must be cooled, add cognac to it and put in a cold place for a couple of hours. When the cooled mass thickens, balls are formed from it with the help of teaspoons, while the balls fall off in waffle or coconut. Ready-made "Truffle" sweets are very tasty, they can be consumed with tea or other drinks. It should be noted that in the process of making sweets, you can also replace cognac with liquor or rum.
In the modern world, there are more than twenty countries that produce Truffle. So, truffles can be noted Spanish, Belgian, Italian or French. Moreover, the latter have an interesting history dating back to the reign of Louis XIV. To date, the recipe for these sweets has remained unchanged.
So, French truffle candies are the most popular and are in great demand, because they include high-quality chocolate with the addition of liquor. At the same time, the liqueur can be creamy, caramel, with the taste of chocolate or mocha. Such a treat is perfect as a dessert to any table.
Although home-made candies are in no way inferior to factory-made ones. Below is another recipe for making Truffle.
So, to make Truffle (sweets), you need to prepare half a kilogram of sugar, half a liter of water, ¼ packs of butter, one hundred grams of cocoa, nuts.
First you need to melt the oil and carefully pour hot water into it, mix and set aside. Cocoa, mixed with sugar, is poured into the butter, mixed and put on a slow fire to cook for ten minutes, not allowing the mass to boil. After that, you need to cool everything, form balls, roll them in ground nuts and put in a cold place for a couple of hours. It should be said that sweets can be created in any shape, and as a sprinkle, you can use cocoa, biscuit or waffle crumbs, powdered sugar. Alcoholic cherries or nuts are often placed inside the truffle.
During the preparation of sweets, it is necessary to exclude foods rich in vegetable fats from the recipe. Ready sweets are stored in a dry place at a temperature of no more than eighteen degrees.
Thus, "Truffle" (sweets) in its composition contain a large amount of vitamins, monosaccharides, dietary fiber, ash, as well as water, proteins, carbohydrates and fats.
It must be remembered that cocoa, which is part of candies, does not have cholesterol, but at the same time it is a high-calorie product, therefore, it is not recommended to consume such a treat daily in large quantities. In addition, it contains serotonin, which acts as a “hormone of happiness”. At the same time, "Truffle" is considered the safest candy for the human body.
Regardless of whether the sweets are cooked at home or in the factory, they are able to give joy to every person, regardless of age, gender and position in society.