Description
Luxurious chocolate raspberry truffles melt with silky ganache and tangy fruit essence. Dark chocolate and fresh raspberries create an irresistible European-style confection perfect for indulging with coffee or sharing as an elegant gift.
Ingredients
Scale
Chocolate Raspberry Truffles
Main Ingredients:
- 7 ounces (198 grams) good quality white chocolate, finely chopped
- 7 ounces (198 grams) dark chocolate (52% to 70% cocoa)
- 1⅓ cups (318 milliliters) frozen raspberries
Complementary Ingredients:
- ¼ cup (60 milliliters) powdered sugar
- ¼ cup (60 milliliters) heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) water
Decoration (Optional):
- Pink chocolate such as ruby chocolate or pink candy melts
Instructions
- Thaw frozen raspberries completely at room temperature.
- Pulverize raspberries in a blender until achieving a silky smooth consistency.
- Press raspberry puree through a fine-mesh strainer, eliminating all seeds and ensuring a velvety texture.
- Transfer strained puree to a saucepan and combine with powdered sugar over medium heat.
- Reduce raspberry mixture, stirring consistently until volume decreases by half, approximately 20-25 minutes.
- Incorporate heavy whipping cream into the reduced raspberry mixture, creating a uniform liquid.
- Place finely chopped white chocolate in a large mixing bowl.
- Pour warm raspberry cream over white chocolate, whisking until chocolate completely dissolves and mixture becomes glossy and smooth.
- Shield bowl with plastic wrap and chill ganache in refrigerator for 2-3 hours until solidified.
- Once firm, extract small portions of ganache and roll between palms to create uniform spherical truffles.
- Melt dark chocolate using double boiler method for optimal temperature control.
- Carefully submerge each truffle into melted dark chocolate, allowing excess to drip before positioning on parchment-lined tray.
- Allow chocolate coating to set by refrigerating truffles for approximately 30 minutes.
- Optional: Embellish with delicate drizzles of pink chocolate or decorative candy melts for visual appeal.
Notes
- Prep carefully by defrosting raspberries completely to ensure smooth, seedless puree with optimal flavor intensity.
- Use high-quality white and dark chocolate for rich, luxurious truffle texture and professional taste results.
- Reduce raspberry mixture slowly and patiently to concentrate natural sweetness and create intense fruity flavor profile.
- Chill ganache thoroughly for minimum 2 hours to achieve perfect firm consistency for easy rolling and shaping.
- Work quickly when coating truffles in melted chocolate to prevent uneven or clumpy chocolate shell.
- Store truffles in refrigerator and consume within 5-7 days for maximum freshness and optimal taste experience.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes (plus chilling time)
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 20 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg