Raspberry-filled Chocolate Truffles

Do you like truffles? Then you will love our Raspberry Stuffed Chocolate Truffles. Whether you prepare them to give a beautiful gift, or you want to sweeten your day, we give you the best tips to achieve a simple, but very tasty recipe.

Ingredients

• 150 g of dark chocolate (60% cocoa).
• 50 g of sugar.
• 15 g of raspberry.
• 75 g of butter.
• 1 egg yolk.
• 50 g of powdered sugar.
• Crushed walnuts.
• 10 ml of water.
• Zest of half an orange.

Utensils

• Pots for bain-marie.
• Saucepan.
• Butter paper.
• Baking tray.
• Pastry bag.
• Containers to separate ingredients.
• Blender.
• Strainer.

Preparation

1. Raspberry syrup

• Start your raspberry filled chocolate truffles by making the raspberry syrup first. Especially since it is the step that will take you the most time.

• Place the raspberries in the blender glass, helping you in the process with the 10 ml of water.
• Then strain the juice to get rid of the large particles of the fruit and put it in a saucepan.
• Put the saucepan to heat over medium heat until the liquid is reduced by half.
• Then add the sugar and mix constantly until it thickens a little.
• Finally, when the syrup is ready, it  will have a thick, transparent reddish appearance. At that time you can remove it from the heat and reserve for later.

2. Elaboration of truffles

• To start, melt the butter in a double boiler.
• When the butter is liquid, add the chocolate and stir as it melts. The ideal texture is a smooth and creamy liquid.

• Place the chocolate in a bowl and add the orange zest and egg yolk. Beat until all the ingredients form a homogeneous mixture.
• Slowly begin to add the raspberry syrup that you just made.
• So, little by little, put the powdered sugar.
• Put the bowl in the fridge and let it chill for 20 minutes. In this way, the chocolate will acquire consistency, but do not overdo it, as it must be kept creamy. So you can shape your truffles easily.
• Take a piping bag with a wide nozzle and fill it with the chocolate mixture.
• Line a tray with parchment paper and begin to make mounds with the sleeve.
• To finish, sprinkle the truffles with crushed walnuts.
• When you have finished placing the truffles, put them in the fridge for an hour to allow the chocolate to finish compacting.
• Once they solidify, remove them from the fridge and they will be ready to be consumed.
• If you are going to use them as a gift, it is best to keep them refrigerated for as long as possible and only put them in the box that you are going to use as decoration, when you are going to deliver them.

 Interesting Facts About Raspberry Stuffed Chocolate Truffles

• Keep in mind that raspberry-filled chocolate truffles have an average preparation time of 30 minutes.
• If you don’t have nuts, you can replace the decoration with almond slices or sprinkle cocoa powder over the truffles.
• In case you do not know how to carry out the process of the water bath,  you can melt the chocolate and butter in the microwave, but you must be careful that they do not dehydrate too much.
• If you don’t want to do the process with the pastry bag,  you can buy truffle molds. The ideal ones are the silicone ones since they greatly facilitate the demoulding process.
• To add the sugar, it is best to do it in batches, in this way it will be better distributed throughout the mixture.

• Raspberry-filled chocolate truffles are an excellent gift, therefore you can buy a decorated box and carry it with truffles of different flavors.
• Another way to decorate your truffles is to use small pieces of the fresh fruit, this will give it a lot of texture, body and flavor.
• Keep in mind that you can make these confetti with a very varied amount of ingredients, although the most appetizing ones are those made with fruits or liqueurs.