Description
Luxurious white chocolate strawberry truffles blend silky chocolate with fresh berry essence, creating an irresistible confection. Sweet indulgence meets elegant simplicity, promising a delightful treat you’ll savor with each melt-in-your-mouth bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 250 grams (8.8 ounces) white cooking chocolate
- 80 milliliters (2.7 fluid ounces) heavy cream
- 150 grams (5.3 ounces) white cooking chocolate for coating
Flavoring:
- 15 grams (0.5 ounces) freeze dried strawberries or strawberry powder
Garnish:
- Additional freeze dried strawberries or strawberry powder
Instructions
- Pulverize freeze-dried strawberries in a food processor until transformed into an ultrafine powder. Sift carefully to eliminate any potential seed fragments or irregular textures.
- Gently warm cream in a saucepan until microscopic bubbles appear around the edges. Simultaneously, fragment white chocolate into delicate pieces within a heat-resistant vessel. Cascade hot cream over chocolate, allowing two-minute resting period without immediate stirring. Gradually incorporate ingredients until achieving a luminescent, velvety ganache.
- Transfer ganache into a sealed container, positioning plastic wrap directly against surface to prevent moisture formation. Refrigerate approximately three hours until mixture becomes structurally manageable.
- Extract chilled ganache using small portions, expertly rolling between palms to construct spherical shapes. Arrange truffles methodically on parchment-lined tray. Quick-chill in freezer for 15 minutes or refrigerator for 30 minutes to solidify.
- Melt coating chocolate utilizing microwave technique: 30-second intervals, stirring between each cycle to maintain smooth consistency. Immerse each chilled truffle completely, allowing excess chocolate to cascade off using fork or specialized dipping tool.
- While chocolate coating remains wet, delicately dust surface with crushed strawberry powder for vibrant visual and flavor enhancement. Allow truffles to solidify in refrigerator for minimum 30 minutes until completely set.
Notes
- Always use low heat when warming cream to prevent scorching and ensure a smooth, silky ganache texture.
- Sifting freeze-dried strawberry powder removes unwanted seeds and lumps, creating a more refined and consistent flavor profile.
- Allow hot cream to sit on chopped chocolate for two minutes before stirring, enabling even melting and preventing potential separation.
- Refrigerating ganache with plastic wrap directly touching the surface prevents moisture formation and maintains a clean, smooth consistency.
- Cold ganache makes shaping truffles easier, so freezing for 15 minutes helps create uniform, perfectly sized chocolate balls.
- Melt white chocolate in short microwave intervals, stirring between each burst to avoid burning and achieve a glossy finish.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 139
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 10 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg