I'm making bittersweet hazelnut truffles, ask me anything!!

[supernova]

:D

The ganache of dark chocolate, frangelico, vanilla, cream, and macadamia butter is cooling in the kitchen. When they're cool, I'll roll them into ball then into cocoa powder.

Best of all, they're sugar free! :bounce:

[Bertha Venation]

1. How far can you throw?

got my glove on . . . .

[supernova]

2. Hmmm...

I literally suck at baseball. Perhaps 20 ft if that. LOL!

Do you like the play, Bertha?

[Bertha Venation]

3. I was a fantastic ballplayer in my youth

if I do say so myself. Turns out I was a better eater . . . .

[supernova]

8. Have you tried intramurals

like with parks and recration? I don't know. It seems a shame to let all that talent go to waste. ;-)

[Bertha Venation]

13. Sweetie, I'm afraid my ballplaying days are over.

Even when I get back into shape, I'd be a fool to try to play softball: my right ankle is now an amalgam of titanium, glue, and linguini.

But thanks for thinking of it. :pals:

[eyesroll]

4. Wow...sounds great...

How much of a mess have you made?

(I'm a chocolate klutz. I try to work with it and it gets all over everything.)

[supernova]

7. I've messed up

exactly

one mixing bowl-sized pyrex measuring cup.
One copper pan that just had water in it as a double boiler.
one 1-C measuring cup to measure out the milk.
And a spatula.

That's it. Pretty self-contained. The chocolate that I had was already in little blocks so I didn't have to chop it up.

What have you tried to make?

[WatchWhatISay]

5. ask me anything!!??

How about the recipe? It sounds great.

[supernova]

10. Recipe

This was a throw it together because that's what I had recipe.

Ganache

6 oz unsweetened Baker's chocolate
2/3 C cream (I only had light cream; you're supposed to use heavy)
2/3 C Splenda sweetner
2 T vanilla
3 T Frangelico liquer
2 T macadamia nut butter
Dash of Hazelnut sugar free syrup

Over a double-boiler heat the cream, vanilla, splenda until the mixture is steaming. Add the chocolate and let it melt. As the chocolate melts, stir, stir, stir.

As the mixture comes together in a batter-like consistency, add the macadamia butter, Frangelico, and Hazelnut syrup.

Set aside to cool. When the ganache is cool; scoop out with teaspoon and roll into balls with your hands. Roll the balls in cocoa powder to finish.

If the mixture or your hands get too warm to work with; put the mixture back in the frige for 15-20 minutes. Rinse your hands in cold water.

[WatchWhatISay]

12. Thanks for that supernova

I got a wild hair and made a batch of fudge from a "quick and easy" recipe at 4 am this morning. Tastes great but the consistency is not quite right to get it out of the pan - sort of have to scoop it out. Not sure if it was the recipe or the late hour.

Your recipe looks great.

[NightTrain]

6. Will you FedEx me a batch???

:9

[mdmc]

9. Are you married? We must be together...

wait...sugar free...how...um... sounds so good!

[supernova]

11. I'll bet if you ate them

you wouln't tell the difference. :9

edit: no, I'm not married and the sugar-free is how I keep my girlish figure. ;-)