Truffles of all tastes: how to prepare them – Italian Cuisine

Truffles of all tastes: how to prepare them


With orange, pandoro, tiramisu, three chocolates, black cherries: whatever recipe you choose, be careful because one praline leads to another!

Are you a bit down in the dumps because of the bitter cold and short days? Do you want to find a little good humor? There is only one solution: prepare a sweet, even better if al chocolate, which with its properties knows how to bring endorphins back into circulation.

How about learning to do i truffles, or those delicious chocolate pralines to be taken with two fingers and eaten in a "morsel"? Easy to do, they also allow you to use your imagination to vary on the theme: you can make them of a thousand flavors, including also atOrange, an aroma that immediately recalls Christmas.

Here are some of them recipes with the most popular flavors; some in our gallery straight to make them perfect.

Orange truffles

Ingredients

To make orange truffles, you will need: 300 g of ladyfingers, 80 g of dark chocolate, 120 g of icing sugar, 250 g of cow's milk ricotta, 90 g of orange juice, grated rind of an orange. treated, bitter cocoa to taste.

Method

Take the ladyfingers and chop them finely in a mixer. Then put them in a bowl with the icing sugar and ricotta and mix to mix. Grate the orange zest, add it to the mixture, along with the juice. Meanwhile, melt the dark chocolate in a double boiler, add it to the bowl and mix everything well.
Now, cover the bowl with cling film and put the mixture to rest for half an hour in the fridge. Remove it and take a small portion of dough to be worked with your hands until you get a ball. Do this process until all the dough is finished. Now brush the surface of each ball in the bowl with the bitter cocoa. Put the truffles in the fridge to firm them, but take them out at least half an hour before serving.

Pandoro truffles

Ingredients

To make pandoro truffles, you will need: 300 g of pandoro, 100 g of cow's milk ricotta, Nutella, bitter cocoa, coconut flour and sugar sprinkles to taste.

Method

In a mixer, finely chop the pandoro, previously cut into coarse pieces. In a bowl, add it to the ricotta. Stir, so as to mix everything well. Take a small portion of the dough and shape it into a ball, press the center to create a hollow in which you will deposit a teaspoon of Nutella. Then close it back on itself and form the ball. Now, at your convenience, decide whether to go over the surface in sprinkles, coconut flour or bitter cocoa. Arrange them on a tray, put them to harden in the fridge and take them out at least half an hour before serving.

Three chocolate truffles

Ingredients

To make ricotta truffles, you will need: 200 grams of biscuits, 100 grams of cow's milk ricotta, 100 grams of white chocolate, 100 grams of dark chocolate, 100 grams of milk chocolate.

Method

In a mixer, crumble the biscuits well, then transfer them to a bowl with the ricotta, mix to mix well. With the mixture obtained, form round and regular balls. While the balls rest in the fridge for half an hour, melt the chocolates in a bain-marie, to be distributed in three bowls. Now with the help of tongs, dip each truffle in one of the three bowls. Place them on the serving dish, ready to put in the fridge to cool. Take them out of the fridge a few minutes before serving.

Tiramisu truffles

Ingredients

To make tiramisu truffles, you will need: 250 gr mascarpone, 100 gr ladyfingers, 50 gr sugar, 1 cup of coffee, bitter cocoa powder to taste.

Method

First, work the mascarpone with the sugar in a bowl, until it becomes creamy. Then, in a mixer finely chop the ladyfingers and add them to the bowl with the mascarpone cream. Now add the coffee and mix everything well to obtain a homogeneous mixture. Cover the bowl with cling film and place it in the refrigerator for half an hour. Remove it from the fridge and start working the mixture, forming balls. Now brush the surface of each ball in the bowl with the bitter cocoa. Put the truffles in the fridge to firm them, but take them out at least half an hour before serving.

Tartufini with sour cherries

Ingredients

To make black cherry truffles, you will need: 450 g of dark chocolate, 300 ml of pre-sweetened whipping cream, 20 black cherries, bitter cocoa powder to taste.

Method

With a crescent, chop the dark chocolate. Meanwhile, heat the cream in a saucepan, bringing it almost to a boil. Turning off the heat, pour the chopped chocolate into the hot cream and stir quickly until it melts, obtaining a homogeneous mixture. Let it cool and put it in the fridge to rest for at least three hours. Meanwhile, drain the black cherries from the syrup. Remove the dough from the fridge, take a small portion, shape it into a hollow and place a sour cherry in the center. Close the dough in the shape of a ball, pass it in the bitter cocoa. Place the balls in the fridge to harden, remove them a few minutes before serving.

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