Recipe - All-Purpose Truffles

=== CENTER MIXTURE ===
One half cup Heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoon Unsalted butter
1 tablespoon Light corn syrup
8 ounce Semisweet; bittersweet or
milk chocolate, melted
=== COATING ===
12 ounce Semisweet or bittersweet
chocolate
2 cup Alkalized; (Dutch process)
cocoa powder

Line a cookie sheet or jellyroll pan with parchment or foil. To make
centers, combine cream, butter and corn syrup in a nonreactive pan
and bring to a simmer over low heat. Remove from heat and allow to
cool 5 minutes. Add cream mixture to chocolate and whisk smooth. Cool
center about 2 to 3 hours at room temperature, until it reaches about
80 degrees. Whip the mixture using an electric mixer on medium speed
fitted with the paddle then spoon mixture into a pastry bag fitted
with a 1/2inch plain tube (Ateco #6 or #806). Pipe 3/4inch balls
onto prepared pan. Chill the centers for at least an hour. To coat
the truffles, melt the chocolate and allow it to cool to 90 degrees.
Coat truffles, using your hand to cover truffles with chocolate,
depositing them into a pan of sifted cocoa. Roll finished truffles in
a strainer over waxed paper to remove excess cocoa. Lift truffles
from strainer and leave excess cocoa behind. (Sift cocoa through a
fine strainer to remove any bits of chocolate and it may be reused.)
Storage: Place truffles in a tin or plastic container with a
tightfitting cover and keep at a cool room temperature for up to a
week. This recipe yields about 35 to 50 truffles, depending on size.

Recipe Source: COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton Recipe courtesy of Nick
Malgieri From the TV FOOD NETWORK (Show # CL9095 broadcast
03271998) Downloaded from their WebSite http://www.foodtv.com

Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD
jpmd44a@prodigy.com or MADSQUAD@prodigy.net

10021998

Recipe by: Nick Malgieri

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