Hot Chocolate Truffles

Name: Hot Chocolate Truffles
Prep time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 36-48 balls
Ingredients: 1 lb semisweet chocolate; 1 cup hot whipping cream; peanut oil; 2 cups sifted flour, on a plate; 3 eggs, beaten with a pinch of salt in a wide bowl; 1 1/2 cups fine white breadcrumbs; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1/4-1/3 cup cinnamon

Submitted by Chef mariajane

"What a delightful Truffle to serve for the Holidays - I haven't tried this yet, I found it in a flyer "Holiday Recipes" and it sounded so different, that I just had to put it on the to-do list!!"

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Ready In:: 3hrs
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 36-48 balls

ingredients

CHOCOLATE GANACHE
1 lb semisweet chocolate
1 cup hot whipping cream
FOR FRYING THE TRUFFLES
peanut oil
COATING
2 cups sifted flour, on a plate
3 eggs, beaten with a pinch of salt in a wide bowl
CRUMB MIXTURE ON A PLATE
1 ¹⁄₂ cups fine white breadcrumbs
1 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar
¹⁄₄ - ¹⁄₃ cup cinnamon

directions

GANACHE: Melt the chocolate over hot weater. Stir the chocolate until it is completely smooth, then stir in the cream. Let set half an hour, refrigerate until chilled.
TRUFFLES: Scoop out 1 tablespoons chocolate with a melon baller and roll in palms of your hands or make balls 1-inch in diameter. Arrange on parchment-lined cookie sheets and place in the freezer for 1 1/2 hours.
Remove the chocolate balls from the freezer and roll 4 at a time in the flour, then roll one at a time in the palms of your hands.
Next roll the balls in the beaten eggs, coating them completely, and then one by one, roll them firmly in the palm of your hands.
Finally, roll the balls in the crumb mixture, coaring them completely, and then one by one, roll then firmly in the palm of your hands.
Freeze for an hour.
Heat the peanut oil in a heavy saucepan to 350°F Lower 4 truffles at a time into the hot oil; let brown and crust for about 10 seconds, then drain on paper towels.

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Chef mariajane

I am a 56 year old Gramma that, for the first time in my life, has purchase myself a computer, and I didn't know what i was missing!! I have a husband tha I adore, and 4 grandchildren that of course surpass all others - lol - I am disabled, and am an at home person, so I have a lot of time on my hands, to play with my recipes, and I am enjoying every bit of it - My husband will eat anything that I cook, so I have carte blanche as far as that goes, so I have a great time trying out new recipes. Paula Deen has published some of my favorite cookbooks, her recipes are easy and quick to do. Her sweets are fantastics, especially her pound cakes, Yummm I guess the dish that I am famous for is my Christmas ham - my family all comes home for Christmas, and if i don't have my ham they are dissapointed, and my grandson wants the pistachio squares!!! so I guess that is the dishes that I'm famous for.

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