- Prep Time
- 15 mins
- Cooking Time
- 1 h
- Total Time
- 3 h 30 m
- Makes
- 24 truffles
Ingredients
- 6 oz
- bittersweet dark chocolate (at least 70% cacao), finely chopped
- 175 g
- 1/4 cup
- unsalted butter
- 60 mL
- 3 oz
- goat cheese, room temperature
- 90 g
- 1/4 cup
- icing sugar
- 60 mL
- 2 tbsp
- seedless raspberry jam
- 30 mL
- 1 tsp
- instant espresso powder
- 5 mL
- 1 cup
- finely chopped unsalted pistachios
- 250 mL
Method
- Step 1
- Melt chocolate with butter in top of double-boiler. Cool to room temperature. Meanwhile, beat goat cheese with icing sugar, jam and espresso powder until light and fluffy. Mix in melted chocolate mixture. Chill 2 hr. or until firm.
- Step 2
- Roll heaping teaspoons of goat cheese mixture into balls. Then roll in pistachios to coat. Place truffles on baking sheet. Chill 1 hr., or until firm, before serving. Store refrigerated in airtight container 3 to 5 days.
Tips
Instead of nut coating, roll in cocoa powder or dip in melted chocolate.
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Nutritional Facts Per Serving
- Nutrition Description:
- Per serving (1 truffle):
- Calories:
- 110
- Fat:
- 8 g
- Saturated Fat:
- 3 g
- Carbs:
- 7 g
- Fibre:
- 1 g
- Sugar:
- 5 g
- Cholesterol:
- 5 mg
- Protein:
- 2 g
- Sodium:
- 15 mg