Recipe day

Chocolate!
recipes and history of cocoa on the Manila Bulletin website.

RECIPES: CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES

Ingredients

240 gm. Dark chocolate finely chopped

1/3 cup heavy cream

2 tbsp. butter

2 tbsp. rum or any liquor of your choice

sifted cocoa powder

Procedure

Heat heavy cream with the butter in the saucepan. Pour scalded mixture over chocolate. Let stand for 2-3 minutes. Stir until smooth mixture. Chill for 3-4 hours or until mixture hardens. Using small ice cream scoop, form the mixture into balls. Roll in cocoa powder.

**For dark chocolate, you may use bittersweet or semisweet chocolate. You may also use chopped nuts instead of cocoa powder.

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