Praline Truffle Cups Recipes

CHOCOLATE PRALINE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Line a quarter sheet with parchment paper.
• Put all four ingredients into a sauce pan, set it on the stove and turn heat to medium. Stir the ingredients until they all melt and turn golden, then stop stirring. Let the mixture come to a boil, and stir only occasionally while it boils. Boil for at least 6 minutes or until bubble dull in sheen, and when you stir, the mixture stringly sticks to side of pan.
• Pour the mixture onto the lined pan and smooth it out like bark. Set it aside to harden, about 20 minutes at room temperature.
• Break up the bark into chunks and grind them up in a high speed blender or a food processor. Don't grind too long or it will turn to paste. You just want crumbs. Set aside and make the truffles.
• Melt 1 cup of the chips in a microwave at 60 seconds or water bath, and stir in the coconut milk. Once chocolate is glossy, add in the butter and vanilla and stir until butter is melted. If you need to microwave it to help with more melted, do so in 10 second increments.
• Pour the mixture into a bowl and fold in the crumbs. I folded in about 1/2 cup of crumbs and set the rest aside in a container in the refrigerator for sprinkling on other desserts. OR if you don't want to make the praline, fold in 1/4 mini chocolate chips instead.
• Set the bowl in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or a bit less until it is scoopable so you can make balls.
• I scooped using a small cookie scoop, rolled them with clean hands and placed them on a freshly lined pan. If the mixture sticks to your hands, dust your hands with cocoa powder.
• Set the rolled truffles into the refrigerator for a few minutes to harden for dipping.
• Melt the remaining chips in the microwave. I used a 2-cup pyrex measuring cup so it is deep enough for dipping. Microwave at 60 seconds and stir until all chips are melted.
• Dip each truffle into the melted chocolate, and spin to allow excess to drip off. Use a fork to lower the truffle for dipping or a tooth pick to dip.
• Sprinkle the truffles with nuts or sprinkles and set back in refrigerator to harden.
• Store Chocolate Praline Truffles in an airtight container in refrigerator for 1 week.

PRALINE TRUFFLE CUPS

Steps:

• Melt candy coating in heavy 2-quart saucepan over very low heat, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Spread 1 teaspoon coating evenly on bottoms and up sides of paper cups. Let stand about 1 hour or until hardened.
• Melt chocolate in heavy 2-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Stir in remaining ingredients. Refrigerate about 35 minutes, stirring frequently, until mixture is thick and mounds when dropped from a spoon.
• Spoon chocolate mixture into decorating bag with star tip. Pipe mixture into candy-coated cups. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until chocolate mixture is firm. Peel paper from cups before serving if desired.

HAZELNUT PRALINE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• PRALINE:.
• Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with the vegetable oil and set aside.
• Combine the sugar and water in a 1-quart heavy-bottomed saucepan and cook over high heat until the mixture begins to turn a light caramel colour (about 8 minutes).
• Brush down the sides of the pans two times with a pastry brush dipped in water to prevent the sugar from crystallizing.
• When the mixture becomes caramel coloured, quickly stir in the toasted hazelnuts with a wooden spoon, coating them completely with the caramel.
• Remove the pan from the heat, and immediately turn the hazelnut mixture into the oiled cake pan and let it cool completely (about 30 minutes).
• Break the praline into pieces and pulverize to a powder in a food processor.
• TRUFFLES:.
• Place 1 pound of the chocolate in a 2-quart mixing bowl. In a 1-quart saucepan over medium heat, bring cream to a boil.
• Pour the cream over the chocolate and let stand for one minute, then whisk until thoroughly blended.
• Mix in 3/4 of the hazelnut praline mixture and blend well.
• Cover and let cool to room temp and chill for 2-3 hours.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Use a piping bag to pipe out 60 1-inch mounds.
• Cover and let chill in freezer for 2 hours.
• Dust your hands with cocoa powder and roll the mounds into balls (these will be the truffle centers) and let chill for another 2 hours in the freezer.
• Remove truffles from the freezer and bring to cool- room temperature so the outer coating won't crack when they are dipped.
• Line 2 more baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Melt and temper the remaining 1 1/2 pounds chocolate.
• Put a truffle centre into the chocolate, coat completely, remove with a fork, and place on the pan.
• Sprinkle the remaining praline on the top of the truffles before the chocolate sets.
• ENJOY!

CHOCOLATE PRALINE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350; buttter a 10x15 jelly roll pan; set aside.
• Stir together pecans, brown sugar and 4 T. whipping cream; spread in prepared pan; bake for 20 minutes (coating will be slightly crystallized); stir one time; remove from oven; stir the whole works (should be of "chopped nuts texture/consistence"--will be used for rolling the truffle/chocolate in later on) and cool.
• Microwave the chocolate chips and remaining cream in a large bowl--about 3-4 minutes; whisk several times until smooth (microwave at 15-second intervals to prevent burning); whisk in the butter pieces and the almond liqueur; let stand 20 minutes.
• Beat the chocolate mixture with an electric mixer for 4 minutes or until SOFT PEAKS form (do not overbeat!); cover and chill at least four hours.
• Shape chocolate into one-inch balls, roll in pecan-sugar; cover and chill up to one week (who are we kidding? these will NOT last for one week!) or freeze for up to a month (seriously!?).