Speculatius Truffels
Ingredients
- 200 ml 3/4 cup Heavy Cream
- 450 gr 16 oz Milk Chocolate
- 150 gr 6 oz Bittersweet Chocolate (semi-sweet is fine)
- 150 gr 5 oz or 1 cup Spiced Spekulatius Cookie crumbs (not Butter Spekulatius)
- ½ Teaspoon ground Cinnamon
- pinch salt
coating:
- Cocoa-
- 3 Tablespoons Cocoa
- 5 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
- 1 Teaspoon ground Cinnamon
- Spekulatius-
- 6-8 Spekulatius Cookies- finely ground
Instructions
- Put the chocolate in a medium mixing bowl. If using blocks, break them up a bit.
- Heat the heavy cream in a saucepan, until it just comes to a light boil.
- Pour the cream over the chocolate. Let it sit for 30 seconds, and then stir them together with a spatula. This takes a minute. It will look like it’s never going to combine, then suddenly, it will melt all together.
- Add the cookie crumbs and cinnamon, stir again. Make sure the chocolate completely melts and is smooth.
- Cover and put into the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
- (Note- You CAN put it in overnight, just let the bowl sit on the counter for an hour so that the contents soften enough to shape)
- Roll the Truffels-
- Prepare the coating. I used both this time to keep things exciting…. But you can choose one or the other.
- Cocoa- Sift the cocoa powder into a bowl, add brown sugar, and cinnamon.
- Speculatius- Use a food processor or hand grinder to pulverize the cookies to crumbs. Place the crumbs in a bowl.
- Set up the station-
- Bowl of Truffel mixture
- Small bowl/bowls of coating
- Baking pan or platter covered in a sheet of waxed paper
- WASH YOUR HANDS!
- Use a spoon or a 1 inch scoop to scoop up some of the chocolate mixture. Roll the chocolate between your palms to form balls.
- Drop the ball into the topping of your choice… roll it around… then set it on the prepared pan.
- Repeat 60 times.
Notes
Go ahead and adjust the amounts of bitter vs milk chocolate if you prefer something less sweet. Keep in mind that Spekulatius cookies are sweet, and the more bitter you go, the further you stray from the original cookie flavor.
You can cut the recipe in half. Be aware that it may be harder to melt the chocolate with the smaller amount of cream. Set the bowl of chocolate and cream over a double boiler, and it will work.