Hazelnut Praline Truffles Recipes

HAZELNUT PRALINE TRUFFLES

Steps:

• PRALINE:.
• Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with the vegetable oil and set aside.
• Combine the sugar and water in a 1-quart heavy-bottomed saucepan and cook over high heat until the mixture begins to turn a light caramel colour (about 8 minutes).
• Brush down the sides of the pans two times with a pastry brush dipped in water to prevent the sugar from crystallizing.
• When the mixture becomes caramel coloured, quickly stir in the toasted hazelnuts with a wooden spoon, coating them completely with the caramel.
• Remove the pan from the heat, and immediately turn the hazelnut mixture into the oiled cake pan and let it cool completely (about 30 minutes).
• Break the praline into pieces and pulverize to a powder in a food processor.
• TRUFFLES:.
• Place 1 pound of the chocolate in a 2-quart mixing bowl. In a 1-quart saucepan over medium heat, bring cream to a boil.
• Pour the cream over the chocolate and let stand for one minute, then whisk until thoroughly blended.
• Mix in 3/4 of the hazelnut praline mixture and blend well.
• Cover and let cool to room temp and chill for 2-3 hours.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Use a piping bag to pipe out 60 1-inch mounds.
• Cover and let chill in freezer for 2 hours.
• Dust your hands with cocoa powder and roll the mounds into balls (these will be the truffle centers) and let chill for another 2 hours in the freezer.
• Remove truffles from the freezer and bring to cool- room temperature so the outer coating won't crack when they are dipped.
• Line 2 more baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Melt and temper the remaining 1 1/2 pounds chocolate.
• Put a truffle centre into the chocolate, coat completely, remove with a fork, and place on the pan.
• Sprinkle the remaining praline on the top of the truffles before the chocolate sets.
• ENJOY!

HAZELNUT PRALINE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees with rack in center. Spread nuts on a rimmed baking sheet, and toast them in the oven until they are fragrant, about 8 minutes. Transfer nuts to a clean kitchen towel, and rub nuts in towel vigorously between your hands to remove the brown skins. Lightly brush an 8-by-12-inch rimmed baking pan with the oil. Spread the peeled nuts in the pan.
• In a medium saucepan, combine sugar and lemon juice. Cook over medium heat, brushing down sides of pan with a damp pastry brush to remove any sugar crystals that may form, until mixture is amber, about 9 minutes; do not stir. (Pan may be swirled gently about halfway through to incorporate any uncooked sugar.) Pour directly over nuts to create a thin layer. Set aside to cool, at least 30 minutes.
• Place half the praline in the bowl of a food processor; process until the praline is very fine with no sharp pieces. Cut the remaining praline into small pieces for decoration.

CHOC HAZELNUT TRUFFLES

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring the cream to the boil. Remove from the heat and pour over the chopped chocolate. Gently stir the mixture until smooth, then add the alcohol or vanilla extract and hazelnuts. Cover and put in the fridge for 30 mins or until the mixture is thick but not solid.
• Scoop out teaspoons of the mixture and roll into small balls with your hands. Put each of your sprinkles or glitters onto separate small plates or bowls. Roll each truffle into the sprinkles or glitter to coat, then chill again to firm up. Will keep chilled for 1 week, or freeze for up to 1 month without the decoration.

HAZELNUT TRUFFLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spread hazelnuts on a rimmedbaking sheet; toast until lightly brownedand skins crack, 5 to 7 minutes. Whilestill warm, rub hazelnuts with a kitchentowel to remove as much skin as possible. Let cool, and chop very finely.
• In a small saucepan, bring cream, butter, and corn syrup to a full boil overmedium heat. Turn off heat. Add 1 poundchocolate; gently swirl pan to coverchocolate with cream, but do not stir. Let stand, undisturbed, 5 minutes. Stir inNutella.
• Slowly whisk until combined. Transfer mixture to a large bowl; refrigerate,stirring every 15 minutes.
• After 45 minutes, mixture will thickenquickly, so stir every 3 to 5 minutes untilthick enough to scoop, 10 to 20 minutesmore. Using two spoons or a small ice-cream scoop, form into 1-inch balls; transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Chill until firm, but not hard, about 10minutes. Remove from refrigerator; rollin palms to form a ball, and press gentlywith fingers to create irregular shapes.Chill until ready to dip, up to 1 week.Place remaining 12 ounces chocolate ina heatproof bowl over a pan of simmeringwater; stir occasionally until chocolatemelts. Remove from heat; cool slightly.
• Place nuts in a small bowl. Removecenters from refrigerator. Using onehand, dip one center into melted chocolate, then roll around in your hand tocoat evenly, letting excess drip back intopan. Place truffle in nuts. With yourclean hand, cover truffle with nuts. Letsit in bowl 20 seconds.
• Lift out, and set on a parchment-linedbaking sheet. Repeat with remainingtruffles. If your kitchen is warm, refrigerate 5 minutes to set. You can storetruffles in airtight containers up to 1week at a cool room temperature.