Amarula Cream Truffles: A Homemade Gift!

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 lbs dark chocolate (semisweet, top quality )
• 1 1/2 cups fresh cream
• 1 1/4 lbs butter
• 1 cup amarula cream liqueur

Recipe

• 1 break up the chocolate into small pieces.
• 2 in a saucepan with a thick bottom, melt the chocolate and the cream together over low heat. give it a stir with a fork now and then.
• 3 cut up the butter and when the mixture has almost melted, add the butter, and stir until the mixture is smooth. keep heat very gentle!
• 4 remove from heat and stir in the amarula cream.
• 5 cool the mixture and let it set (not too long) in the fridge.
• 6 have ready for finishing your truffles: sifted cocoa powder, dried coconut (dessicated coconut)/finely ground almonds/finely crushed peanuts/sifted icing sugar (confectioner's sugar), pine nuts, or finely split almonds. you could also enclose glacé cherries in some, or a nut of choice.
• 7 use a small spoon to scoop out walnut-sized pieces of the chocolate mixture, shape into balls or ovals, and roll each one in one of the "garnishes" suggested.
• 8 you could also make up a , thin icing with confectioners' sugar and water, and decorate some truffles with thin lines.
• 9 keep in one layer and keep cool. they can be frozen. but they should be served at room temperature.