CHOCOLATE BISCUIT TRUFFLES

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Treat yourself with these creamy truffles, so good you won't want to share!

Provided by Lesley Waters

Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert, Treat

Time 23m

Yield Makes about 30

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

142ml pot double cream
150g white chocolate , broken into cubes
150g dark chocolate , broken into cubes
50g unsalted butter
4 shortbreads fingers, or biscuits, crumbled roughly
85g dried fruit (chopped apricots and cranberries are good)
zest 1 orange
icing sugar , for rolling
cocoa powder , for rolling

Steps:

Put the cream in a small pan, then bring just to the boil. Put chocolates in separate bowls, then divide the butter between each. Tip half of the cream over each bowl of chocolate. Leave for about 1 min then stir until melted and smooth. Allow to cool.
Divide the shortbread, fruit and orange zest between the bowls, stir, then chill for at least 4 hrs until firm.
Using a teaspoon, scoop out the mixtures and form into small truffles. Sift the icing sugar onto a plate and roll the white chocolate truffles in it. Do the same with the cocoa and the dark chocolate truffles, then chill until needed. Can be made up to a day ahead.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 118 calories, Fat 8 grams fat, SaturatedFat 5 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 12 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 10 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 1 grams protein, Sodium 0.04 milligram of sodium