Chocolate and ginger truffles

Name: Chocolate and ginger truffles
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 13 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 142 mL carton double cream; 125 g (4oz) Bournville chocolate, roughly chopped; 15 Opies Ready-To-Eat Sweetened Ming Ginger slices

A moreish combination of sweetened ginger slices and rich chocolate ganache makes up this triple-tested mouthwatering, easy-to-prepare sweet canape recipe.

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 16 January 2003

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Food, Cuisine, Finger food, Ingredient, Sweetness, Culinary art, Dish, Snack, Recipe, appetizer,

Preparation Notes: 2hr chilling, plus overnight chilling

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Yields:

Prep Time:

10 mins

Cook Time:

3 mins

Total Time:

13 mins

Ingredients

142 ml carton double cream
125 g (4oz) Bournville chocolate, roughly chopped
15 Opies Ready-To-Eat Sweetened Ming Ginger slices

Directions

1. Step 1
  Pour the cream into a small pan and bring to the boil. Turn off the heat and add the chocolate. Stir to mix everything together. Pour into a bowl, allow to cool, then chill for 2hr.
2. Step 2
  Put a 1cm (1⁄2iin) nozzle into a piping bag and spoon in the chocolate ganache. Arrange 12 ginger slices on a tray and pipe a blob of ganache on to each. Put to one side. (You can freeze any leftover ganache and use to make more truffles.)
3. Step 3
  Thinly slice the three remaining pieces of ginger and use to decorate the top of each chocolate truffle. Chill overnight. Remove from the fridge 10-15min before serving.
  
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Chef's tip

If you're finding it hard to get hold of the Opies Ming Ginger slices, use Cadbury's Giant Milk Chocolate Buttons for the base instead. Pipe the chocolate ganache on top, and use a few finely chopped pieces of stem ginger, drained from the syrup in the jar, to decorate the top.

Per Serving:

Calories: 120
Total carbs: 12 g
Sugars: 9 g
Total fat: 9 g
Saturated fat: 5 g

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