makes
50
prep
30 minutes
cook
5 minutes
difficulty
Easy
makes
50
serves
preparation
30
minutes
cooking
5
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
Ingredients
- 22 g good quality milk chocolate (A), roughly chopped
- 65 g good-quality dark chocolate, roughly chopped
- 110 ml fresh cream
- 20 g honey
- 50 g smooth peanut butter
- 15 ml butterscotch liqueur
- 335 g good quality milk chocolate (B)
- 335 g pure icing sugar
Resting time: 4 hr 10 mins
Instructions
1. Place the milk chocolate (A) and dark chocolate into a bowl. Combine the cream and honey together in a saucepan and bring to the bowl, then pour the hot mixture over the chocolate, whisk by hand until all the chocolate has melted.
2. Add in the peanut butter and combine with the whisk. Finally, add the butterscotch liqueur. Cover the mixture with plastic wrap touching the surface of the mixture and leave at room temperature for 1 hour until it reaches a piping consistency.
3. Line a tray with baking paper and transfer the mixture into a piping bag fitted with an 10 mm piping nozzle. Pipe tubes onto the tray and allow to set at room temperature for 3 hours. Once set, cut into 3 cm lengths.
4. Melt the milk chocolate (B) and temper it if it contains cocoa butter. To temper the chocolate, place it in a plastic bowl and heat in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time until you have 50% liquid and 50% pieces of chocolate. Stir it vigorously without additional heat until all the chocolate has melted. If you have some resistant buttons you can gently heat the chocolate with a hair dryer while stirring.
5. Using a fork, dip the truffle tubes into the milk chocolate then roll in icing sugar. Remove from the icing sugar after 10 minutes to allow the chocolate to set.
6. Store the truffles in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
