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Rum Truffles CD Veg Confectionery 20mins plus chilling
Makes 24 Cold Vegetarian Alcohol Sweets Chocolates Gluten Wheat free Eggless
Ingredients 150g/+5oz Good
Quality Plain Chocolate Icing Sugar
Instructions
1. Break the chocolate into small pieces and place in a heatproof bowl together with the cream and butter.
2. Sit the bowl over a saucepan of very hot water and stir until the chocolate melts.
3. Stir in the rum and mix well, then remove the bowl from the pan, cover and leave to cool.
4. Lightly dust your hands with icing sugar and form the mixture into 2.5cm/1-inch balls.
5. Roll each ball in the chocolate hundreds and thousands to coat, place on a flat tray cover loosely with clingfilm and refrigerate at least 8 hours. Serve at room temperature.
To give as a gift Place each truffle in a petit four case or small foil cup. Place a large piece of cellophane wrap in the bottom of a tin or box, leaving enough to bring it up and over the top of the truffles before closing. Place the truffles in one layer on top of the cellophane, cover over with the excess cellophane and close the tin/box. Wrap with a gold ribbon and a matching gift tag.
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