Lemon White Chocolate Truffles
Decadent lemon and white chocolate truffles, tossed in shredded coconut.
Ingredients
- 250 g white chocolate good-quality
- 60 g heavy cream
- ½ Tbsp lemon zest really finely grated
- 1 ½ Tbsp lemon juice
- 70 g shredded coconut for rolling
Instructions
- Chop the white chocolate into small pieces and place in a heat-proof bowl. Add in the finely grated lemon zest and cream.
- Place the bowl in the microwave in increments of about 10 seconds, folding it together gently after each time until most of the chocolate, but not all, has melted.
- Stop microwaving and sti until the chocolate has all melted and incorporated with the cream.
- If you have no microwave, balance the bowl of chocolate over a saucepan or large bowl of boiled water. Gently fold the chocolate and cream together until incorporated.
- While the mixture is still warm, stir through the lemon juice. Pour the ganache into a flat dish and place it in the refrigerator to cool. The flat dish will allow the ganache to cool and firm up faster.
- Leave it to chill for around 2 hours. At this stage, it will be still fairly soft but firm enough to begin rolling. Use a teaspoon to scoop up small amounts of ganache and roll it quickly in between your hands to form a ball.
- Work quickly as the warmth of your hands will melt the ganache. If too much ganache gets stuck to your hands, wash them in between rolling to make things easier. If you're making truffles in a warm environment you may need to chill the ganache again in between rolling.
- Coat each ball in shredded coconut and place them on a plate. Place the finished truffles back in the fridge and let them chill for a further 3-4 hours until firmed up.
- Once firm, the truffles can be stored at room temperature for up to 4 days while in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
If you don't want any bits of zest in your truffle, you can heat the cream and zest separately first to infuse the flavour, then strain the zest out and pour the cream over the chocolate. Then continue with heating the cream and chocolate together until melted.
Nutrition
Serving: 1truffleCalories: 103kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 24mgSugar: 10g
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