Marzipan truffles

I like marzipan. I like truffles. Why not marzipan truffles?

Marzipan Truffles

Ingredients

For the filling

• 300ml Double cream
• 550g Dark chocolate chips
• 450g Marzipan

For the coating

• 400g Dark chocolate chips
• Chopped almonds
• 30g Icing sugar
• 15g Cocoa powder

Method

1. Make a ganache by scalding the cream and pour over the chocolate for the filling, and stir to melt the chocolate.
2. Look on in minor horror as the realisation of quite how much ganache you've just made hits you.
3. Refrigerate ganache overnight to set.
4. Shape the ganache into small marble-sized balls.
5. Roll out the marzipan and wrap around the ganache balls until it runs out.
6. Melt the chocolate and dip the truffles.
7. Roll them in the chopped almonds and set on a sheet of baking parchment.
8. When bored of dipping truffles, mix the icing sugar and cocoa powder, and roll the remaining truffles in the powder.
9. Refrigerate to set.

After one and a half hours of quenelling(ish), here are the truffle cores. Mistakes were definitely made when choosing quantities. I'm pretty sure that I've got some sort of chocolate-related muscle strain right now.

Done with marzipan wrapping.

The marzipan guys turned out nice!

Yup, mistakes were definitely made. The total ended up being 1.6kg!