Baileys Truffles
I was recently given a truffle recipe by the lovely lady running a marzipan shaping day I attended. She had made a batch for us to eat and gave out the recipe. The thing that I liked (apart from the taste of course) was that they do not contain fresh cream, when they have cream in them they have to be kept in the fridge. This is fine most of the time but can be a problem when giving them as a gift.
Easy peasy to make and you can make them with the kids, just swap the alcohol for something else (maybe a few drops of vanilla essence). I used Baileys in mine but of course you can use whatever you have or fancy.
Truffles
100g dark chocolate
100g butter
100g ground almonds
100g caster sugar
4 tsp Baileys (or your choice)
Decorations or dustings of your choice ie: vermicelli, cocoa, icing sugar, coconut.
Makes 30 large truffles.
In a saucepan gently melt the chocolate & butter together. Remove from the heat and stir in the rest of the ingredients until well mixed.
Place in a bowl allow to cool then cover and put into the fridge until firm.
When you’re ready to make the truffles take teaspoons of the mix and quickly roll into a ball and cover in your choice of topping then place in a petit four case or loose on a plate. I like to pop these back in the fridge to firm up again after shaping. Then they’re ready to give as a gift or eat! Because they have no cream in them they do not need to be kept in the fridge all the time, store in a cool place. Keep for up to a week.
Blinged up real nice with gold lustre & red glitter!
Ooooh anything with Baileys is fine with me:-) suppose you could try Tia Maria/Kahlua adding a touch of instant coffee to cocoa or icing sugar for extra coffee kick, coconut rum and roll in coconut! Actually, I suppose flavours are endless:-) glad they don’t need stored in the fridge all the time, with 3 daughters and 2 sons…..truffles never lasted a night in the fridge! 🙂 least I could hide these for a few days;-) thank you for posting this:-) Would be lovely making a lot of flavours for gifts at Christmas:-) xxxxxxxxxx
Yes Ruth the combinations are endless, only limited by your imagination or what’s in the cupboards! I love the cream truffles but they are a pain having to be kept in the fridge especially giving them as gifts. I’d usually forget to take them out the fridge & leave them behind, then when you gift them they have to be told to put them in the fridge…….to much! 🙂
How do get the gold lustre on the truffles
I used edible lustre dust on these, you could also try edible ‘paint’ or spray or gold leaf 🙂