When many people hear chocolate truffles, they think it is chocolate with truffles added, or tastes similar to truffles, but in fact, chocolate truffles get their name only because they look like truffles, and their taste is completely different from truffles.
Chocolate truffle is a dessert. It is not a category in the chocolate classification. It is named after the appearance of the well-known mushroom "truffle" in France. It looks like the truffle is covered in sand.
There is a layer of pure cocoa powder on the surface of chocolate truffles, so the entrance is bitter and then sweet, the taste is delicate and mellow, very thick and smooth, and its unique formula creates an ultra-low melting point of 23 ° C, which brings what any other chocolate can’t do.” Melt in your mouth" taste, if you are not careful, it will dissolve in the palm of your hand.
Truffle chocolate is not traditional chocolate. Compared with ordinary chocolate, there are some differences in taste, appearance and taste. Let's take a look at it together.
1. The difference in appearance
You will find that the ordinary chocolate you buy is very smooth in appearance, but the truffle chocolate is different from the ordinary chocolate. The outer layer of the truffle chocolate is coated with a layer of granular cocoa powder or other materials, which makes it look like a "truffle" covered with soil, and hence the name.
2. The difference in taste
Usually, in order to increase the sweetness of ordinary chocolate, some milk is added to it, so that the bitter taste of cocoa itself is covered up, and everyone usually tastes rich and sweet. But chocolate truffles have a higher cocoa content in the whole chocolate because they are coated with a layer of pure cocoa powder and taste more bitter.
3. The difference in taste
Although everyone thinks that chocolate has a silky taste, in fact, ordinary chocolate takes a certain amount of time to melt in the mouth because of the way it is made. Compared with ordinary chocolate, the taste of truffle chocolate is more complex. The outer layer is cocoa powder, the middle layer is softer and more delicate chocolate, and the inner layer is various nuts, which has a unique taste.
There are a lot of complicated requirements to make top notch chocolate truffles, but if you just want to give your loved ones a treat at home, it's easy. With the most common materials at hand, you can surprise the people around you. Let's try making this chocolate truffle together.
Material:
230g dark chocolate
12g butter
45ml animal cream
50g cocoa powder
Practice:
1. Break 100g of dark chocolate into small pieces and add 12g of whipped cream.
2. Heat the dark chocolate over water and keep stirring until the chocolate is completely melted.
3. Add chopped butter to melted chocolate.
4. Continue to stir until the butter is completely melted and the chocolate is evenly mixed.
5. Put the mixed chocolate in the refrigerator until it solidifies, and the effect will be better if refrigerated overnight.
6. Shape the refrigerated and solidified chocolate into round shapes and place them on a flat plate.
7. Heat the remaining dark chocolate over water and keep stirring until completely melted.
8. Put the prepared soft chocolate balls into the melted chocolate and quickly remove them.
9. Put the scooped chocolate balls into the cocoa powder.
10. Roll the chocolate balls in the cocoa powder, then take them out and place them on a flat plate.
11. When the chocolate balls are completely firm, shake off the excess cocoa powder.
