Chocolate truffle

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A chocolate truffle is a type of chocolate confectionery, traditionally made with a chocolate ganache centre coated in chocolate, cocoa powder or chopped toasted nuts (typically hazelnuts, almonds, or coconut), usually in a spherical, conical, or curved shape.

Their name derives from their traditional shape, which resembles the truffle, an edible part of the tuber fungus.

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Varieties

Major types of chocolate truffle include:

• The Swiss truffle is made by combining melted chocolate into a boiling mixture of dairy cream and butter, which is poured into molds to set before sprinkling with cocoa powder. Like the French truffles, these have a very short shelf life and must be consumed within a few days of making.
• The French truffle is made with fresh cream and chocolate, and then rolled in cocoa or nut powder.
• The European truffle is made with syrup and a base of cocoa powder, milk powder, fats, and other such ingredients to create an oil-in-water type emulsion.
• The American truffle is a half-egg-shaped, chocolate-coated truffle, a mixture of dark or milk chocolates with butterfat, and in some cases, hardened coconut oil. Joseph Schmidt, a San Francisco chocolatier, and founder of Joseph Schmidt Confections, is credited with its creation in the mid-1980s.

Other styles include:

• The Belgian truffle or praline is made with dark or milk chocolate filled with ganache, buttercream, or nut pastes.
• The Brazilian truffle or brigadeiro (Portuguese for brigadier) is made from condensed milk, cocoa powder, butter or margarine, and chocolate sprinkles.
• The California truffle is a larger, lumpier version of the French truffle, first made by Alice Medrich in 1973 after she tasted truffles in France. She sold these larger truffles in a charcuterie in the Gourmet Ghetto neighborhood of Berkeley, then in 1977, she began selling them in her own store, Cocolat, which soon expanded into a chain. The American craze for truffles started with Medrich.
• A pot truffle is any kind of truffle that includes cannabis.
• Vegan truffles can have any shape or flavor, and are adapted to vegan diets by replacing dairy with nut milks and butters.

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References

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External links

• Chocolate Truffle at Wikibook Cookbooks
• Media related to Chocolate truffles at Wikimedia Commons

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