Life is like a box of chocolates
Eliza Bazakas, Jacob Teo, and April Wu
Box of Chocolates (30 servings)
Special equipment:
Ice cream scoop/sturdy spoon
Candy Thermometer
Spherical candy mold, gridded
Bordeaux chocolates**
Ingredients
Filling:
1 cup packed brown sugar
½ cup butter
¼ cup heavy cream
1 tsp instant coffee
Salt
2 cups powdered sugar
Coating:
12 oz dark chocolate
1 tbsp butter
Instructions:
Melt butter and brown sugar together and boil ~2 min
Add cream coffee and salt. Boil ~30 sec while stirring
Remove from heat and let cool ~10 min
Stir is sifted powdered sugar til dough forms. Chill ~2 hours
Shape into balls and freeze ~10 min
Dip in melted chocolate/butter and decorate
**Reference recipes: Copycat See's Bordeaux - Self Proclaimed Foodie
White chocolate with raspberry jam truffles††
Ingredients
Inner filling:
Raspberries
Sugar
Gelatin
Outer filling:
16 oz white chocolate (Valrhona or Callebaut, if possible)
⅔ cup heavy cream
2 tbsp butter
2 tsp vanilla
Coating:
16 oz white chocolate
Instructions:
Make raspberry/ gelatin balls. Freeze overnight?
Melt outer filling ingredients together
Refrigerate ~2 hours
Shape into balls and freeze ~30 min
Dip in melted chocolate and decorate
†† Reference recipes: