Dark Chocolate Orange Truffles Recipe

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Dark Chocolate Orange Truffles
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Ingredients
7
Count
Nutrition
903
Calories
Total time
70
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. FILLING.
  2. In a small saucepan, heat cream just until bubbles form around edge of pan, remove from heat.
  3. Stir in 250 g of chocolate pieces until smooth, stir in orange juice concentrate and orange zest.
  4. Transfer to a bowl, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until thickened and cold.
  5. Using a whisk (NOT electric mixer), beat chocolate mixture just until creamy and lighter in colour. Do not overbeat or mixture will separate.
  6. Using a pastry bag fitted with 1 cm plain tip, pipe filling into 2.5 cm diameter rounds on two wax paper-lined baking sheets.
  7. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm.
  8. Sift icing sugar into a pie plate.
  9. Working with rounds from one baking sheet at a time, lightly roll in icing sugar.
  10. Gently roll each round between fingertips to round off tips. Return to wax paper-lined sheet and freeze for 1 hour or until hard and almost frozen.
  11. COATING.
  12. In top of double boiler over hot (not boiling) water, melt 375 g of chocolate.
  13. Remove from heat, let cool slightly.
  14. Sift cocoa into a pie plate.
  15. Using two forks, dip balls from one baking sheet at a time into chocolate, letting excess drip off. (If chocolate thickens while you work, rewarm gently over hot stove.
  16. Place balls in cocoa.
  17. Using two clean forks, roll truffles in cocoa and refrigerate on wax paper-lined baking sheet until hardened.
  18. Place truffles in candy cups and store in airtight container in refrigerator until just before serving.
  19. Can be refrigerated for up to 1 week or frozen up to 3 months.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 903.15 Kcal (3781 kJ)
Calories from fat 442.6 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 49.18g 76%
Cholesterol 55.21mg 18%
Sodium 166.9mg 7%
Potassium 951.19mg 20%
Total Carbs 110.78g 37%
Sugars 62.99g 252%
Dietary Fiber 13.3g 53%
Protein 12.55g 25%
Vitamin C 8.7mg 14%
Iron 12.1mg 67%
Calcium 128.5mg 13%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 431.56 Kcal (1807 kJ)
Calories from fat 211.49 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 23.5g 76%
Cholesterol 26.38mg 18%
Sodium 79.75mg 7%
Potassium 454.51mg 20%
Total Carbs 52.93g 37%
Sugars 30.1g 252%
Dietary Fiber 6.36g 53%
Protein 6g 25%
Vitamin C 4.2mg 14%
Iron 5.8mg 67%
Calcium 61.4mg 13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 21.4
    Points
  • 25
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • high fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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