Traditionally, they’re coated in things like cocoa powder and chopped nuts. At the heart of chocolate truffle is ganache of a tender and velvety smooth combination of chocolate and cream that melts like a dream in our mouth. Definition of ganache is a glaze, icing, sauce, or filling for pastries, made from chocolate and cream.
Chocolate truffles can also be flavored with a praline paste, which is a mixture of caramelized sugar and almonds or vanilla, as well as cinnamon or bourbon.
Truffles are named for the fungus they supposedly look like – the bumpy lumps Brillat-Savarin called “the diamond of the kitchen”. Chocolate truffles are the real thing – just chocolate not fungus.
Chocolate truffles
