Chocolate Truffles: A Special Treat

Chocolate truffles are a delicious confection made with an outer coating of chocolate or powdered cocoa and a center of ganache. A ganache is a French term for the mixture of cream and chocolate often found in the centers of truffles. The chocolate taste of the ganache is usually intense and rich. For truffles, the usual ratio of the ganache is two parts of chocolates is to one part of cream. The shell of a truffle is often made of white, dark, or milk chocolate and can be covered by sugar, cocoa powder, or chopped nuts.

But the center of truffles don’t have to have ganache; they can have centers made of melted chocolate, almonds, berries, nuts, cream, and even sweet fruits, fudge, toffee, mint liquor or chocolate chips. In any case, most chocolate houses reserve their best ingredients for their truffle creations.

Typically the chocolate used to make truffles are 50 percent to 75 percent cocoa – a much higher percentage than normally found in many chocolates. Like the natural truffle found in Southern France that it is named after, the chocolate truffle is considered to be the standard for chocolate luxury and taste.

What are the best chocolate truffles? Four kinds of truffles have been popular in the chocolate world – Belgian, Swiss, European, and American.

The Belgian truffle is made of a ganache center and a Belgian chocolate shell. The ganache of this truffle can be mixed with certain liquors and essences. The Belgian chocolate truffles are richer in chocolate and are less sweet than other types of truffles and are considered the world’s best chocolate truffle.

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The Swiss truffle’s center is made by boiling dairy cream and butter then putting in chocolate casts for setting. This type of truffle has to be eaten soon after its made because its shelf life is short.

European truffles are made from powdered cocoa, powdered milk, fats, and syrup and has it own unique rich favor.

The American truffle often has a center made of coconut oil which has been hardened and is covered with a combination of milk and dark chocolate. Handmade Vermont truffles are considered some of the best American truffles available.  Canadian truffles frequently include the additional ingredients of peanut butter and graham crumbs.

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