Sunday, July 19, 2015

Creme fraiche and chocolate nut truffles

Last Sunday my sister-in-law turned up on my doorstep with a huge chocolate cake, a tub of Zany Zeus creme fraiche and a jar of Fix and Fogg chocolate peanut butter.


We anointed the cake with dollops of both - such a good activity on a winter Sunday afternoon, sitting around, eating cake with chocolate peanut butter on top - and then they left. "I expect you to do something creative with that peanut butter," she called over her shoulder as they left. "No chance," I said. "I'm just going to eat it out of the jar."

But it turns out there's only so many spoonfuls of chocolate peanut butter and creme fraiche you can eat in a week. Here's what you should do with the rest.

Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter And Creme Fraiche Truffles

Creme fraiche and chocolate nut truffles
If you're not in the habit of having either of the main ingredients lying around, you could always make your own creme fraiche AND make your own salted chocolate nut butter. Then you can whip these up whenever you like, rather than for the rare occasions when you have some going spare.

1/2 cup creme fraiche
1/3 cup chocolate peanut butter
1/4 cup ground almonds
1/2 tsp pure vanilla
1/3 cup finely chopped dark chocolate (about 10 squares of Whittaker's Dark Ghana)
a good pinch of sea salt

For rolling:
2 Tbsp ground almonds
1 Tbsp cocoa, sifted

To make the truffles, put all ingredients in a bowl and beat until well combined.
Mix the second measure of ground almonds and cocoa together in a shallow bowl.
Roll teaspoonfuls of the mixture into small balls, then roll them in the almonds and cocoa. Leave in the fridge to set for 30 minutes before eating. Store, covered, in the fridge. Makes about 22 balls, depending on how much you eat in the process.

Have a great week, everyone!



6 comments:

  1. Peanut butter you say? Yep, these are definitely for me.

    ReplyDelete
  2. truffles, peanut butter and chunks of dark chocolate - sounds excellent - love the top photo of your cake feast - looks very elegant

    ReplyDelete
  3. genius... never throwing a cake away again!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Mmmm yum! I'm with you on the eating peanut butter by the spoonful, but these sound like a completely delish way of eating it too! :-)

    ReplyDelete
  5. According to my wife peanut butter is the work of the devil and is not allowed in the house. I think these may just persuade her that it's not really that bad. They sound lovely.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Ooooh...I had to check the link for the chocolate peanut butter. Great photos...those truffles look amazing. Almond butter is the favourite here at the moment but looks like it might soon get over taken.
    Have a cool week
    debx

    ReplyDelete

Hello - thanks for stopping by. If this was real life I'd make you a cup of tea and open the biscuit tin, but in lieu of those things, let's have a chat anyway...