Chocolate Raspberry Truffles With Fresh Raspberries

Name: Chocolate Raspberry Truffles With Fresh Raspberries
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: 60 1-inch truffles, 60 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup fresh raspberry (about 1/2 cup raspberry puree); 1 lb semisweet chocolate or 1 lb bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped; 1 1/2 cups heavy cream; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder

Submitted by KateL

"Entered for safe-keeping. By Michelle Polzine, from "Grow", Volume 1, 2009 by www.vegetablegardner.com. Prep time includes 1 hour chilling."

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Ready In:: 2hrs 5mins
Ingredients:: 5
Yields:: 60 1-inch truffles
Serves:: 60

ingredients

1 cup fresh raspberry (about 1/2 cup raspberry puree)
1 lb semisweet chocolate or 1 lb bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
1 ¹⁄₂ cups heavy cream
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
1 cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder

directions

Pass the berries through a food mill fitted with a fine disk or force them through a through a fine sieve, mashing with a wooden spoon, into a medium bowl. You'll have about 1/2 cup raspberry puree; set it aside and discard the contents of the strainer.
Put the chopped chocolate in a medium bowl.
In a small saucepan, heat the cream, just until boiling.
Pour the hot cream over the chopped chocolate; whisk to blend.
Stir in the raspberry puree and the salt.
Refrigerate the mixture until completely chilled, about 1 hour.
Pour the cocoa powder onto a plate.
With a melon-baller or spoon, scoop the chocolate-raspberry mixture and shape it into 1-inch balls.
If the truffles are very soft, put them on a baking sheet and refrigerate briefly to firm.
Roll the shaped truffles in the cocoa, coating them thoroughly.
If sealed and refrigerated, these truffles will keep for about 1 week.