Chocolate Ganache Recipe (Truffle's Center)

Ganache

A mixture of chocolate and heavy whipping cream, melted together and mixed slowly.

Ganache Cake Warm ganache can be poured over brownies, or poured over a cake to give it a shiny coating.

Chill the ganache, and it can be scooped into balls to make truffles.

Medium Bodied Ganache

This ganache should be used with this truffle mold. If you want to use this for hand dipped truffles, you must omit the real liquid from the recipe.

1 cup heavy whipping cream

12 oz of Guittard Dark Chocolate Chips

1 1/2 teaspoons Madagascar bourbon vanilla

5 TBSP unsalted butter at room temperature

1/4 cup real liquid of choice - coffee, brandy, espresso, amaretto, rum, liqueur. Leave out the liquid if you want to make hand dipped truffles. (You can add our flavor oils to create something even more scrumptious! 10 drops per pound of chocolate.)

Bring the cream to JUST BEFORE boil and remove from the heat quickly. Stir in the chocolate until completely melted. This can take 30 minutes for the chips to melt all the way.

Cool for 5 minutes, then add the butter, liquid, and Madagascar bourbon vanilla . Let the mixture set for 4 hours in the refrigerator or overnight.

Scoop into balls using the truffle scoop and freeze for 10 minutes. Follow the directions for using the truffle mold and fill the inside of the truffle with this tasty chocolate center.

Decorate the top of the truffle using Guittard white chocolate and a candy painter bottle to make beautiful designs, or add some sugar flower layons!

Sprinkle chopped toasted coconut on coconut flavored truffles or sprinkle somewhat coarsely chopped coffee bean for either coffee or coffee hazelnut truffles. - an idea from our customer, Phyllis!

Place truffles in a single box, a triple truffle box, or a clear oval box or a clear plastic box or in a chocolate basket!

Has this recipe been helpful? Add it as a resource link on your website or blog!
Title: Basic Ganache Recipe (Truffle's Center)
Url: http://www.anoccasionalchocolate.com/truffle-ganache.html

Molded Truffle Candy Making Kit - Using this recipe for Medium Bodied Truffles

Molded Truffle Candy Making Kit 1 Truffle mold
2 bags of Guittard dark chocolate flavored coating for mold
2 bags of Guittard semi-sweet chocolate chips for ganache
1 bag of Guittard white chocolate flavored coating for decorating
1 Madagascar vanilla
2 2oz. squeeze bottle
1 8oz. squeeze bottle
1 Molded truffle cups
1 2006 Favorite Recipe Collection eBook (emailed to you)

You save $9.25!!

Kits do not qualify for the "Flat Rate Shipping Boxes" from the US Post Office unless it is the only thing you are ordering today.

The Definition of a Truffle

There are two kinds of truffles, one of course you are much more likely to eat! The other which is found in the ground and costs up to $2,000 a pound!

Chocolate truffles are filled with ganache and rolled into balls, then coated in chocolate, sugar, nuts or cocoa.

The other type of truffle is a fungus found underground near tree roots, mostly oak trees.
Please read more about truffle history at our history of chocolate page.