Easter truffles

(from Elyce123’s recipe box)

Makes 24

Source: delicious. April 2005

Prep time: 30 minutes

Categories: April

Ingredients

  • 175g plain chocolate, broken up
  • 50g unsalted butter, cubed
  • 2 egg yolks, lightly beaten
  • blue food colour paste (optional)
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar, to decorate

Directions

  1. Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl in the microwave for 2 minutes on medium, stirring halfway through.

  2. Put the egg yolks into a clean bowl, then gradually whisk in the chocolate. Cover and chill for about 45 minutes, until the mixture is just set.

  3. Put a teaspoonful of the mixture into the ball of your hand, then roll the chocolate into a ball, squeezing one end gently to create an egg shape. Put the truffle on a sheet of baking paper and repeat with the remaining mixture.

  4. If colouring the truffles, put a small drop of food colour onto your fingertip, then rub this over a small area of a plate. Add the icing sugar and mix into the colour. Use this to coat the truffles – or just rub the truffles with plain icing sugar.

  5. Cover and chill. Eat within 5 days.

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