Apple & Brandy Truffle
Ingredients
- 225g Apple Puree (SCF0850)
- 25g Lemon Juice
- 8g Pectin (SCA132)
- 250g Caster Sugar
- 60g Glucose (SCA119)
- 5g Tartaric Acid (SCA134) (1 to 1 – tartaric acid crystals and water dispersed together)
- 300g Whipping Cream (SCM280P)
- 10g Invert Sugar (SCA107)
- 400g Cacao Barry Ghana (SCC106B)
- 40g Butter
- 75 Milk Truffle Shells (SCS401)
- 150g Milk Chocolate for enrobing (SCC1106B)
- 30g Truffle Powder Green for decoration (SCC9846)
- 25ml St. Remy XO Brandy 60% Concentrated Alcohol
Method
Tart apple paté de fruit meets rich brandy ganache in this exquisite Origin chocolate and alcohol truffles recipe. Pairing the crisp sweetness of a green apple with the powerful cacao hit of Cacao Barry Origin Ghana 40% Milk Chocolate, these eye-catching truffles will surprise you with their moreishness!
How to make Apple and Brandy Truffles:
Approx. 75 truffles at 10g each.
Apple Pate de Fruit
- Heat the apple purée and lemon juice then whisk in the pectin with 50g of the caster sugar
- Boil, stirring for 2-3 minutes, then add the remaining sugar and glucose
- Cook to 107°C
- Remove from heat and add the Tartaric solution
- Cool then blitz in a hand blender to loosen for piping
- Pipe into the milk chocolate truffle shells to half full
Brandy Ganache
- Heat the glucose, cream, sugar and Ghana Origin milk chocolate gently in the microwave until an emulsion can be reached
- Then add the butter in cubes, followed by the St. Remy XO brandy, and combine well
- Pipe into the milk chocolate truffle shells (SCS401) on top of the Apple Pate de Fruit, close off with chocolate and allow to set
- Enrobe each truffle in more tempered Ghana and roll in green truffle powder or Hybrid Petal Dust
Enjoyed this recipe? Next time, add a little romance by swapping the apple purée for strawberry, switch the brandy for Marc de Champagne, the milk chocolate for white chocolate, and roll in pink truffle powder!
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Pectin 200g
SCA132
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Glucose Syrup
Confectionery Glucose Syrup
with 38 Dextrose Equivalent
SCA119
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Tartaric Acid 500g
SCA134
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Kerry Foods
KerryMaid Whipping Cream Alternative
Minimum fat content 30.5%
SCM280P
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Invert Sugar and Invertin
Invert Sugar Paste
SCA107
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Cacao Barry
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SCC1106B
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CCW
Milk Chocolate Truffle Shells
Weight 2.7g, Diameter 25.5mm, Height 22mm
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