Description
Creamy white chocolate strawberry truffles bring elegant European dessert charm to home kitchens. Rich ganache centers reflect delicate fruit essence, promising sweet indulgence in delightful bite-sized confections you can easily craft.
Ingredients
Scale
- 250 g (8.8 oz) white cooking chocolate
- 80 ml (2.7 fl oz) thickened/heavy cream
- 150 g (5.3 oz) white cooking chocolate (for coating)
- 15 g (0.5 oz) freeze-dried strawberries (or strawberry powder)
Instructions
- Powder Preparation: Grind freeze-dried strawberries into an ultrafine powder, sifting meticulously to eliminate any remaining granules.
- Ganache Foundation: Gently heat heavy cream until tiny bubbles emerge around the edges, creating a soft simmer. Pour over finely chopped white chocolate and rest for 2 minutes to initiate smooth melting.
- Ganache Refinement: Whisk the cream and chocolate with circular motions until a glossy, uniform ganache develops. Fold in strawberry powder until the mixture achieves a delicate pink tone.
- Chilling Process: Refrigerate the ganache for approximately 3 hours, allowing it to reach a perfectly rollable consistency.
- Truffle Shaping: Using slightly dampened hands, form chilled mixture into uniform bite-sized spheres. Briefly freeze to enhance structural stability.
- Chocolate Coating: Melt additional white chocolate using a double boiler, creating a smooth glossy finish. Delicately immerse each frozen truffle, ensuring complete coverage.
- Final Embellishment: Immediately dust truffles with reserved strawberry powder. Allow to set at room temperature or refrigerate to accelerate hardening, creating an elegant, professional presentation.
Notes
- Powder Precision: Sift freeze-dried strawberries thoroughly to eliminate lumps, ensuring a smooth, even texture in your truffles.
- Cream Temperature Control: Warm cream gently with small bubbles around edges, avoiding full boil to prevent scorching and maintain delicate flavor.
- Ganache Technique: Let cream and chocolate rest for exactly 2 minutes before whisking to create a perfectly smooth, glossy mixture without overworking.
- Chilling Strategy: Refrigerate ganache for full 3 hours to achieve ideal rollable consistency, preventing sticky or soft truffles during shaping.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: None
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 11
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 15 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg