{"id":115,"date":"2008-12-06T12:37:47","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T20:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreamagery.com\/blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2024-08-21T23:50:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T03:50:50","slug":"recipe-vegan-chocolate-truffles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melaniesanchez.com\/blog\/recipe-vegan-chocolate-truffles\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: Dairy-free chocolate truffles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[print_link]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love making and eating homemade chocolate truffles. Until recently I have had to switch to a Gluten-free, Dairy-free diet and finding some of my favourite recipes using substitutes has been a bit difficult.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great recipe from &#8220;The Yum Blog&#8221; , please check it out here:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcyum\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 blog\" href=\"http:\/\/theyumblog.wordpress.com\/2007\/11\/26\/vegan-chocolate-truffles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/theyumblog.wordpress.com\/2007\/11\/26\/vegan-chocolate-truffles\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Vegan Chocolate Truffles<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chocolate chips (Bitter or semisweet Dairy free) &#8211; 250 gms or approx 8 oz, (the better the chocolate quality the better the truffles)<\/li>\n<li>Coconut Milk (thick, should be the consistency of fresh heavy cream) &#8211; 125 ml or approx 1\/2 cup<\/li>\n<li>Flavouring of choice &#8211; 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li>Toasted Nuts or Cocoa powder &#8211; 1\/2 cup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Chop the Chocolate into small pieces or grate well.  Roughly chop the toasted nuts.<\/li>\n<li>Bring the Coconut Milk to a boil in a heavy bottom saucepan or MW on high for 11\/2 to 2 minutes. The milk should bubble.<\/li>\n<li>Take the milk off flame or remove from microwave and add chopped chocolate pieces. Whisk well until the mixture (called ganache) is silky, smooth and shiny.<\/li>\n<li>Add the flavourings and mix well.<\/li>\n<li>Chill the mixture in the freezer for 3 hours till it is well set. Using a melon baller or a spoon scoop a portion after the 2nd hour to see if the mixture is set. A well set mixture is easy to scoop, shape and is not very sticky.<\/li>\n<li>Line a tray or flat vessel with parchment or wax paper. Keep a flat bowl with outer covering (nuts or cocoa) ready.<\/li>\n<li>Take out the mixture from the freezer. Scoop out a small portion and shape into a round ball using the tips of your fingers.<\/li>\n<li>Make 5 to 6 such ball os approx 1 inch diameter, put into the bowl with toasted nuts\/ cocoa and shake to coat all over. Transfer to the tray. Repeat for rest of the ganache.<\/li>\n<li>Freeze truffles for an hour until set.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[print_link] I love making and eating homemade chocolate truffles. Until recently I have had to switch to a Gluten-free, Dairy-free diet and finding some of my favourite recipes using substitutes has been a bit difficult. This is a great recipe from &#8220;The Yum Blog&#8221; , please check it out here: http:\/\/theyumblog.wordpress.com\/2007\/11\/26\/vegan-chocolate-truffles\/ Vegan Chocolate Truffles Ingredients <a href=\"https:\/\/melaniesanchez.com\/blog\/recipe-vegan-chocolate-truffles\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Recipe: Dairy-free chocolate truffles<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[32,11],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-food","tag-recipes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melaniesanchez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melaniesanchez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melaniesanchez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melaniesanchez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melaniesanchez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/melaniesanchez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3922,"href":"https:\/\/melaniesanchez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions\/3922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melaniesanchez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melaniesanchez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melaniesanchez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}