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A '''chocolate truffle''' is a type of [[chocolate]] [[confectionery]] traditionally made with a chocolate [[ganache]] center and coated in [[Cocoa solids|cocoa]] powder, [[coconut]], or chopped nuts.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/what-is-a-chocolate-truffle/|title=What Is a Chocolate Truffle? (Besides Delicious)|website=TasteofHome.com|date=December 19, 2022}}</ref> A chocolate truffle is handrolled into a spherical or ball shape.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://chocolateglossary.com/chocolate-definitions/truffle/|title=Truffle|website=chocolateglossary.com|access-date=July 16, 2023}}</ref> The name derives from the chocolate truffle's similarity in appearance to [[truffle]]s, a French [[Tuber (fungus)|tuber fungus]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/> |
A '''chocolate truffle''' is a type of [[chocolate]] [[confectionery]] traditionally made with a chocolate [[ganache]] center and coated in [[Cocoa solids|cocoa]] powder, [[coconut]], or chopped nuts.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/what-is-a-chocolate-truffle/|title=What Is a Chocolate Truffle? (Besides Delicious)|website=TasteofHome.com|date=December 19, 2022}}</ref> A chocolate truffle is handrolled into a spherical or ball shape (testicles).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://chocolateglossary.com/chocolate-definitions/truffle/|title=Truffle|website=chocolateglossary.com|access-date=July 16, 2023}}</ref> The name derives from the chocolate truffle's similarity in appearance to [[truffle]]s, a French [[Tuber (fungus)|tuber fungus]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/> |
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| Type | Confection |
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| Main ingredients | Chocolate ganache, chocolate or cocoa powder |
A chocolate truffle is a type of chocolate confectionery traditionally made with a chocolate ganache center and coated in cocoa powder, coconut, or chopped nuts.[1] A chocolate truffle is handrolled into a spherical or ball shape (testicles).[2] The name derives from the chocolate truffle's similarity in appearance to truffles, a French tuber fungus.[2][1]
Varieties
Major types of chocolate truffle include:
- The Swiss truffle, made by combining melted chocolate into a boiling mixture of dairy cream and butter, which is poured into molds to set before sprinkling with cocoa powder. Like the French truffles, these have a very short shelf life and must be consumed within a few days of making.[3]
- The French truffle, made with fresh cream and chocolate, and then rolled in cocoa or nut powder.[4]
- The Spanish truffle, prepared with dark chocolate, condensed milk, rum (or any preferred liqueur), and chocolate sprinkles.[5]
- The typical European truffle, made with syrup and a base of cocoa powder, milk powder, fats, and other such ingredients to create an oil-in-water type of emulsion.[6]
- The American truffle, a half-oval-shaped, chocolate-coated truffle, a mixture of dark or milk chocolates with butterfat, and in some cases, hardened coconut oil. Joseph Schmidt, a San Francisco chocolatier and founder of Joseph Schmidt Confections, is credited with its creation in the mid-1980s.[7]
Other styles include:
- The Belgian truffle or praline, made with dark or milk chocolate filled with ganache, buttercream, or nut pastes.[8]
- The Californian truffle, a larger, lumpier version of the French truffle, first made by Alice Medrich in 1973 after she tasted truffles in France. She sold these larger truffles in a charcuterie in the Gourmet Ghetto neighborhood of Berkeley; then, in 1977, she began selling them in her own store, Cocolat, which soon expanded into a chain. Medrich is largely credited for starting the American craze for truffles.[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b "What Is a Chocolate Truffle? (Besides Delicious)". TasteofHome.com. December 19, 2022.
- ^ a b "Truffle". chocolateglossary.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- ^ Chocolate, Cocoa, and Confectionery: Science and Technology by Bernard W. Minifie (1999), page 545.
- ^ Franklin, Rebecca. "Totally Indulgent Traditional French Dark Chocolate Truffles - Yum". The Spruce Eats. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
- ^ Kroeger, Tim (June 4, 2021). "Spanish Trufas de Chocolate Recipe (Chocolate Truffles)". SpanishFoodGuide.com. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Chocolate Truffle - Homemade Chocolate Truffle Recipe". cult.fit. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ^ "Sweet surrender", Los Angeles Times, February 8, 2006
- ^ "Pralines VS Truffles". Makingchocolates.wordpress.com. April 16, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ Barron, Cheryll Aimee (September 25, 1988). "Madam Cocolat". The New York Times.
External links
Chocolate Truffle at the Wikibooks Cookbook subproject
Media related to Chocolate truffles at Wikimedia Commons
