Homemade Ferrero Truffles
Homemade Ferrero truffles are super simple, sweet, crispy, crunchy, and oh so delicious treat.
Servings: 30
Ingredients
- 100 grams Nutella or any other chocolate hazelnut spread (3.52 oz, 1/3 cup)
- 150 grams dark chocolate (5.3 oz) min 60% cocoa
- 75 ml heavy cream (1/3 cup)
- 50 grams ground hazelnuts (1.76 oz, 1/2 cup)
- 50 grams toasted chopped hazelnuts (1.76 oz)
- Approx. 30 whole hazelnuts toasted and without skin
For dipping:
- 50 grams milk chocolate (1.76 oz)
- 50 grams dark chocolate (1.76 oz)
- 150 grams toasted chopped hazelnuts (5.3 oz)
Instructions
- On a double boiler or in water bath melt Nutella and dark chocolate.
- Add in the ground and chopped hazelnuts and heavy cream.
- Mix well, until all of the ingredients are incorporated.
- Put in the refrigerator at least 1 hour.
- Melt together milk and dark chocolate and put chopped hazelnuts into separate dishes.
- With your hands from the chilled dough form balls and put one toasted whole hazelnut into the middle of every truffle.
- Dip in melted chocolate and roll into chopped hazelnuts.
- Move to a wire rack to cool.
- Keep in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.
- Put truffles to room temperature 30 min to 1 hour before serving.
Notes
Because of the difference in American and European measurement units, I recommend using the kitchen scale. If you do not own it and often bake the cakes, I advise you to get it because it is very usefull kitchen tool, yet not expensive.
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