Wednesday, January 12, 2011

I'm not a big Valentine's Day person, but I do like to make chocolate truffles. My MIL gave me a "professional" mold several years ago, and it's one of my favorite kitchen toys.
First, make the ganache. I like plain chocolate, but I've also added liquors like Triple Sec or Chambourd. Of course, you HAVE to use good chocolate. I like Brandywine Wilbur chocolate, and since I live in the town where it's made, it's easy to procure.
Melt the chocolate, and then line the mold.
Here, I missed a photo with just the chocolate lining. After the mold is lined, I put it in the freezer to harden. The ganache is then put into the lined cups, as seen in the three on the left.
Once the cups are filled, I spread a generous layer of melted chocolate on the top, scrape off with a dough scraper, then freeze.

Hopefully, they all unmold beautifully.

Of course, there's usually chocolate left over, so I cover a variety of goodies. This is a peanut butter Ritz sandwich, which is my FAVE to cover in chocolate. If I'm really ambitious, I make homemade marshmallows for HubbyDoc (they're his FAVES), and if I'm even MORE ambitious, I cut them out with a heart cookie cutter and cover them. He likes that.
I just want you all to know that I NEVER eat while I'm baking.
So, thanks to my SCAL Pals, I re-learned how to post a pic of my SCUT file after several *snafoos*. I know there are a lot of beautiful hearts out there, but this is must my rendition, just in time for Valentine's Day.


*This heart is no longer available for free. To purchase, go to www.diecutdesigner.com after April 23, 2011. Thanks. Tami

12 comments:

  1. Beautiful, thanks for sharing..

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  2. This is so pretty. Thank you for sharing.

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  3. Thank you for sharing, and great picture.

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  4. You're a girl after my own heart with chocolate truffles and a beautiful flourish heart file. I don't see how those truffles can be at all bad with all the work you put into them. And I'll never tell a soul that you taste as you go (regardless of your words trying to convince me otherwise). Thanks!

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  5. Hey, is that dirt on your face? Oh, nope, it's chocolate ...busted!!!!!

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  6. Love the cut file, I love love hearts....and who said that was chocolate on your face.....

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  7. I love the heart file - thank you! The truffles look fabulous - now I think I "need" a truffle mold!

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  8. Thank you so much for this post. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in Creative Busy Hands Cricut Freebies Search List, under the Valentines post on Jan. 13, 2011. Thanks again.

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  9. Thanks for sharing the file and the picture of you is funny!

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  10. What a great file. Thank you for sharing it with us.

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  11. That cracked me up! Love that! And the file is Oh so pretty!

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  12. oh this is beautiful. Thank you for sharing

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