Comments on chezpei.com: Chocolate Truffles

I used Simply Organic's orange oil which I bought ...

2006-09-05T11:29:00.000-07:00

I used Simply Organic's orange oil which I bought from whole foods, and I also added a touch of grand marnier (bought, not home made like yours :)).

For the coating, I mixed cocoa powder with crushed glazed walnuts to give it a crunch.

Problem Child

Yay! I love when recipes work for more than one pe...

2006-09-04T14:27:00.000-07:00

Yay! I love when recipes work for more than one person.

What orange flavoring did you use (juice, peel, oil, etc.)?

Thanks Pei,

Following your recipe, I made s...

2006-09-03T22:15:00.000-07:00

Thanks Pei,

Following your recipe, I made some fabulous orange flavored truffles for a friend's birthday party.

Problem Child

Circling the block? That doesn't sound legal at a...

2006-09-02T12:44:00.000-07:00

Circling the block? That doesn't sound legal at all.

But your truffles look HELLO AWESOME.

Yes, chopped up chocolate bars would work. If you ...

2006-09-01T17:26:00.000-07:00

Yes, chopped up chocolate bars would work. If you have a scale, there are a lot of recipes on line giving clear directions. I'm happy to sort of eyeball it because for truffles it doesn't matter too much to me if it's a little on the soft side or a little on the hard side. You can experiment, too. If you let the chocolate sit at room temperature and it remains soupy for a few hours, re-melt and add more chocolate. If it gets too hard, re-melt and add more cream.

You leave the fresh herbs in the cream as the cream heats up, then remove them before you pour the cream onto the chocolate.

Pei couple of questions,

Would chopped up c...

2006-09-01T17:02:00.000-07:00

Pei couple of questions,

Would chopped up chocolate bars work?
Do you remove the fresh herbs prior to heating up the cream or leave them in there?

Thanks
Problem Child