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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Cakes => Topic started by: CarolineW on September 04, 2009, 10:58:18 am
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Again, from Fast and Easy Cooking (p203).
Makes about 25-30. Will freeze for up to a month.
50g granulated sugar
70g unsalted butter
150g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
20g milk
2 tsp grand marnier (or liqueur of choice)
30g cocoa powder
20g drinking chocolate powder
1. Grind sugar to icing sugar 30 secs / 10
2. Add next 4 ingredients. Heat 2 mins / 60oC / 1
3. Scrape down sides and place TM bowl in fridge. Chill 30 mins.
4. Remove from fridge. Insert butterfly whisk. Whisk 1 min / 3. Remove whisk. Scrape down sides and chill again for 30 mins.
5. Remove from fridge. Roll heaped teaspoons of mixture into balls, and roll each in a combination of the chocolate powders.
6. Refrigerate until firm.
members' comments
Amanda - they are very good. I took a little longer to melt everything together and next time will mill the sugar for longer too. The truffles are just that tiny bit gritty - not that it affects the taste! I also used cream instead of milk - why stint on calories!
Chelsea - I made a half batch of these and they are very nice. I substituted some of the ingredients with rapadura, organic cocoa (very strong) and cointreau. The times and speeds worked perfectly for a half batch but would need tweaking (as Amanda said) for a full batch. Next time I am going to leave out the liqueur and pop a roasted hazelnut in the centre for a homemade version of a ferrero. Maybe even mixing some roasted chopped hazelnuts in with the cocoa and drinking chocolate to roll them in. Yummy!
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Thanks Caroline - have you made these ?
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Nope, not yet. I plan to, though.
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I made these yesterday and they are very good.
I took a little longer to melt everything together and next time will mill the sugar for longer, too. The truffles are just that tiny bit gritty - not that it affects the taste!
I also used cream instead of milk - why stint on calories! :o
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Yeah - fat = taste Just need to modify the amount I take in :-)) :-))
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Caroline, thanks for all the recipes, they look delicious. :-* Especially with Christmas sneaking up on us.
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A new recipe and already a review - perfect scenario. Good on you Amanda - Carolyn would appreciate that after all the effort she has gone to lately with her postings.
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I made a half batch of these yesterday and they are very nice. I substituted some of the ingredients with rapadura, organic cocoa (very strong) and cointreau. The times and speeds worked perfectly for a half batch, but would need tweaking (as Amanda said) for a full batch. Next time I am going to leave out the liqueur and pop a roasted hazlenut in the centre for a homemade version of a ferrero. Maybe even mixing some roasted chopped hazlenuts in with the cocoa and drinking chocolate to roll them in. Yummy!
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Love the idea of home made ferreros!
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I made a Jaegermeister version of these for an octoberfest celebration. Worked well but I would double the amount of Jaegermeister next time.
Have also made a version with 1 cup of stout reduced down to about 50 ml to be used in place of the liqueur. Also worked quite well.
I recommend chilling the mix overnight before rolling into balls.
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I had to google Jaegermeister. Wow, it sounds interesting.