Indulge in the delightful symphony of flavors where rich chocolate meets the nutty crunch of pecans and the tangy sweetness of dried cranberries. Chocolate truffles, known for their velvety texture and decadent taste, take on a new dimension with the addition of these complementary ingredients. As you embark on this culinary journey, discover the perfect recipe that will guide you in crafting these exquisite treats, ensuring an unforgettable experience for your taste buds.
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CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES WITH PECANS AND DRIED CRANBERRIES
Categories Candy Chocolate Nut Dessert Freeze/Chill Christmas Thanksgiving Kid-Friendly Cranberry Dried Fruit Pecan Winter Shower Chill Edible Gift Party Bon Appétit Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher Small Plates
Yield Makes 36
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Stir cream, butter, syrup, and cranberry concentrate in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat until mixture comes to boil. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and whisk until melted. Mix in cranberries and pecans. Pour truffle mixture into 11x7-inch glass dish. Freeze until firm, about 50 minutes.
- Cut truffle mixture into 36 portions. Lift each out and roll between palms into round. Place on baking sheet. Roll truffles in powdered sugar or cocoa powder. Cover and chill up to 1 week. Serve cold.
PECAN AND CHERRY CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES
Toasted pecans and chewy dried cherries are bound with luscious chocolate and rolled in crunchy turbinado sugar.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 4h
Yield 36 truffles
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spread the pecans on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until browned and toasted, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool completely, then chop very finely.
- Put the bittersweet chocolate, semisweet chocolate, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl. Heat the heavy cream and butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat until the cream is steaming and the butter has melted; pour over the chocolate, then let sit for 5 minutes. Whisk together until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth. If there are any bits of unmelted chocolate left, microwave in 30-second increments, stirring after each, until smooth. Add the pecans and cherries and stir to combine.
- Cool the mixture to room temperature and then cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until the mixture is firm but still pliable enough to scoop and roll, about 3 hours.
- Spread some sugar on a plate and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Shape heaping teaspoons of the chocolate mixture into balls and then roll in the sugar to coat. Store in the refrigerator.
BOURBON PECAN CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES
Chocolate truffles are spiked with bourbon and then rolled in chopped pecans.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 3h30m
Yield makes 12-24 truffles (depending on the size)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Put the chocolate in a medium bowl. Heat the cream in a small saucepan until it just comes to a boil. Pour the cream over the chocolate and stir once to mix the chocolate and cream together. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature for 5 minutes. Uncover and whisk until smooth and shiny. Microwave in 10 second increments if there are any un-melted lumps of chocolate. Stir in the bourbon.
- Press a piece of plastic wrap directly against the surface of the chocolate and set aside in a cool place until the chocolate is thick and firm enough to hold its shape when rolled, about 2 hours.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment. Use 2 spoons to drop small mounds of chocolate onto the baking sheet. Then, with cold hands, roll each truffle between your open palms to make smooth round balls. You may need to run your hands under cool water frequently as you work.
- Put the pecans on a plate and roll each truffle until well coated. Refrigerate until very cold.
PECAN PIE TRUFFLES
From November 2009 O Magazine. Dark chocolate ganache and pecan pie filling layered in miniature baking cups.
Provided by mary winecoff
Categories Candy
Time 30m
Yield 12 truffles, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Line a 12 cup mini muffin tin with mini baking cups. Place chocolate in a medium bowl. Bring cream to a boil in a small saucepan, and immediately pour over chocolate. Let mixture sit for 1 minute before stirring with a whisk to melt chocolate and form a smooth ganache. Avoid stirring too vigorously (it shouldn't bubble). Fill each muffin cup with 2 teaspoons ganache, and tap the tin gently to allow chocolate to spread. Set remaining ganache aside in a warm place until ready to use. Chill tin in freezer until firm, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, bring chopped pecans, corn syrup, sugar, butter, salt, and heavy cream to a boil in a medium pan over medium heat. Boil 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in bourbon and vanilla. Let cool slightly before spooning 2 teaspoons of mixture into all muffin cups, followed by 1 teaspoon of remaining ganache. Garnish each with 1 pecan half. Chill in refrigerator until set (about 1 hour). Store in refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 154.9, Fat 11.9, SaturatedFat 4.2, Cholesterol 19.6, Sodium 21.9, Carbohydrate 11.1, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 6.4, Protein 1
CHOCOLATE-PECAN TRUFFLES
Melted chocolate, cream and sweetened cream cheese are blended, shaped into balls and rolled in pecans for decadent candies that are ideal for gifts.
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Recipes
Time 4h30m
Yield Makes about 3 dozen truffles or 18 servings, 2 truffles each.
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Place chocolate and cream in small saucepan; cook on low heat until chocolate is completely melted, stirring frequently. Cool slightly.
- Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar in small bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Gradually add chocolate mixture, mixing well after each addition; cover. Refrigerate 4 hours.
- Shape chocolate mixture into 1-inch balls, using melon baller or teaspoon; roll in pecans. Store in airtight container in refrigerator for up to 1 week. Serve in paper liners.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 160, Fat 12 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Sodium 30 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 2 g
COCONUT-CRANBERRY BARS WITH PECANS
Easy and delicious! Family and friends truly enjoy these wonderful bars. I hope you do as well!
Provided by NancyLou
Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Pecan Dessert Recipes
Time 1h40m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x13-inch baking dish with parchment paper or grease.
- Mix graham cracker crumbs and butter together in a bowl; press into the prepared baking dish.
- Stir cranberries, sweetened condensed milk, pecans, coconut, white chocolate chips, and bittersweet chocolate chips together in a bowl; gently spread over the graham cracker crust.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 25 to 28 minutes; cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 162 calories, Carbohydrate 18.9 g, Cholesterol 11.3 mg, Fat 9.4 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 4.4 g, Sodium 63.9 mg, Sugar 13.9 g
CRANBERRY MILK-CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES
Categories Candy Milk/Cream Food Processor Chocolate Fruit Dessert Christmas Thanksgiving Vegetarian Wedding Cranberry Winter Chill Edible Gift Gourmet Kidney Friendly Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes about 60 cranberry milk-chocolate truffles
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Make truffle mixture:
- Chop chocolate. In a small saucepan bring cream, butter and salt just to a boil and stir in cranberries. Remove pan from heat and let mixture stand 10 minutes. In a food processor pulse together chocolate and cranberry mixture until smooth and transfer to a small bowl. Chill truffle mixture, covered, until very firm, at least 12 hours, and up to 3 days.
- Line a tray with wax paper.
- With a 1-inch melon-ball cutter scoop out truffle mixture and between palms of your hands roll into smooth balls, transferring truffles to tray. Chill truffles until firm, about 3 hours. Bring truffles to room temperature, about 20 minutes, before proceeding.
- Coat and decorate truffles:
- Oil a baking sheet and line with parchment paper.
- Temper chocolate . (Alternatively, chop chocolate and in a double boiler or a small metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate, stirring until smooth.)
- Balance 1 truffle on a fork (do not spear) and hold fork over chocolate. Spoon chocolate over ball, letting excess drip off. Return truffle to tray and top with a small piece of dried cranberry. Coat and decorate remaining truffles in same manner. Chill truffles, uncovered, until set, about 3 hours. Truffles keep, layered between sheets of wax paper in an airtight container and chilled, 2 weeks. Bring truffles to room temperature before serving.
CHOCOLATE-PECAN TRUFFLES
Provided by Florence Fabricant
Categories easy, dessert
Time 4h
Yield About 50 truffles
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat a broiler. Spread the nuts on a foil-lined baking sheet and place under the broiler for about a minute to toast them lightly and evenly. Do not allow them to burn. Set them aside.
- Shave the chocolate into a heatproof mixing bowl and place the bowl over a pan of simmering water until the chocolate is nearly all melted. Remove the bowl and stir the chocolate until smooth. Stir in the nuts and allow to cool to room temperature.
- Stir in the butter and the bourbon. Refrigerate the mixture until it is firm.
- When firm, remove from the refrigerator and allow to soften for about 15 minutes. Place the cocoa in a shallow dish. Using a spoon, scoop half-tablespoons of the chocolate mixture, form somewhat uneven balls about an inch in diameter and roll them quickly into the cocoa. Refrigerate until ready to serve. The balls can also be frozen without the cocoa for later use and dusted with cocoa just before serving.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 69, UnsaturatedFat 3 grams, Carbohydrate 5 grams, Fat 6 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 1 milligram, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams
PRALINE PECANS & CRANBERRIES
This recipe I found during the holidays and I made a few batches for Christmas parties. Everyone loved it and wanted the recipe.-Nancy Roman, Hackensack, New Jersey
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Snacks
Time 1h15m
Yield 5-1/2 cups.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Place pecans in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan; set aside. In a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, corn syrup and butter. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat. Stir in vanilla and baking soda. Drizzle over pecans; stir until coated., Bake at 250° for 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes. Add cranberries; toss to combine. Immediately transfer to a waxed paper-lined baking sheet; cool completely. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 346 calories, Fat 27g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 5mg cholesterol, Sodium 50mg sodium, Carbohydrate 29g carbohydrate (19g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
Tips for Making Perfect Chocolate Truffles:
- Use high-quality chocolate: The better the chocolate, the better the truffles will taste. Look for chocolate with a cocoa content of at least 70%.
- Chill the chocolate and cream mixture thoroughly: This will help the truffles set properly. You can chill the mixture for at least 30 minutes, or up to overnight.
- Use a small cookie scoop or melon baller to shape the truffles: This will help you make uniform truffles that are easy to coat in chocolate.
- Roll the truffles in cocoa powder, chopped nuts, or sprinkles: This will give them a nice finish and help them stay from sticking together.
- Truffles can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks: Bring them to room temperature for about 30 minutes before serving.
Conclusion:
Chocolate truffles are a delicious and elegant treat that are perfect for any occasion. They are easy to make and can be customized to your liking. With a little practice, you can make perfect chocolate truffles that will impress your friends and family.
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