Truffletastic by David!

We are still catching up with all the goings on at the third meeting of our Hot, Sweet and Yummy baking group. If you look at the column down the right hand side you can link to earlier posts to see what everyone baked for our Indulgence themed night. You can also link to all the previous posts on our Blog or search for recipes containing your favourite ingredients by scrolling down to the recipe search area. In fact, please have a good look around our Blog. You might find something sweet and yummy to tempt you on a wet and windy Friday afternoon. 

Well after our dramatic dried fruit stand off, we were ready for some sustenance and it came our way as a veritable smorgasbord of truffles from David. Known for his ability to just throw some ingredient into a bowl and pop out something hot, sweet and yummy! Well, I don't think anyone was prepared for what David had in store for us. We were, I must say, a bit truffled out after Paul's two tier tower of delicious little bites and I think david was worried that we would just have a teeny nibble at his little balls before moving onto something bigger but he didn't need to worry one bit. I was late to join in the tasting but Mmmmometer was off the scale. Jane was the loudest but it really was just a cacophony of ecstasy so I got stuck in. I think these truffles have to be tasted to be believed but they were gooey, yummy, fruity and quite simply perfect. David was worried that they weren't as firm as they normally are being left at room temperature for an hour or so but who cares we all chorused...it all goes down the same way and I was quite enjoying licking my fingers and dribbling gooey truffle down my chin! David really is the master of all things small, sweet and delicious and I am certain that he just thought these up in his head without ever referring to a recipe! David - we loved your Truffletastic balls of yumminess and what was so fab was that they were so different to Paul's that we couldn't and wouldn't even dare to compare them! I must insist David, that next time you bring something huge! We want large, sweet and yummy! Here's a wee pic or two of Truffletastic. You can see the little cherry hiding inside one of them and there were also apricots which were all gone by the time I got the camera out! The recipe is below.
Ingredients (makes about 15)
150ml double cream
1 vanilla pod or one tspn vanilla extract
1 egg yolk
25g caster sugar
150g plain or white chocolate
25g unsalted butter at room temperature
150g plain and white chocolate for coating
Method
-Place cream and vanilla into a pot and bring to the boil. Remove from heat and allow to cool
-whisk egg yolk and sugar until creamy and pale
-add the two mixtures, whisk together and then return to a very low heat and stir until it starts to thicken. Do not overheat or the egg will start to cook (yuk)
-add broken up chocolate of choice to mixture and stir until it has all melted
-place into the fridge and leave for one hour.
-after an hour, whisk in the soft butter
-arrange into small balls or put into a piping bag and make some nice shapes
-melt the butter for coating in a bowl over simmering water on the hob
-roll truffles in the melted chocolate and place on a tray covered with baking parchment and return to fridge to set
David added cherries and apricots to different batches of his basic truffle mix. You can add whole nuts too and instead of coating the truffles in melted chocolate try chopped nuts or coco powder.
Enjoy. Love Hot, Sweet and Yummy xxx