Zesty Orange and Hazelnut Truffles

I mentioned in my first post that my boyfriend is a huge source of inspiration in my cooking. This is actually his recipe, and it's one of my absolute favourites. The truffles are everything a truffle should be- decadent, rich and a definite treat. And delicious of course. 

Ingredients

This recipe makes about 20-30 truffles- a good batch!

300ml coconut cream (milk will not work- they are completely different consistencies)

20g light muscovado sugar

EITHER 500g dark chocolate (70% or above) or make your own as I did with 300g of cacao butter, 18tbsp of raw cacao and 8tsp of agave nectar. I added a little lucuma powder too. I used Choc Chick ingredients and a simple raw chocolate recipe is here- I just edited the amounts already so follow my amounts rather than this recipe: http://www.chocchick.com/chocchat/choccreative-recipes/recipes/simple-raw-chocolate-recipe/Teaspoon of coconut oil

Flavour with-

One half- a zest of one orange

Second half- two handfuls of hazelnuts

Method

1. Put the coconut cream and sugar in a pan on the hob on a low heat and let it simmer for a minute. Take it off the heat and let it cool for 5 minutes. 

2. Whilst this is cooking, either melt your shop bought chocolate on a makeshift bain-marie or take your home made chocolate liquid mixture and melt this with the coconut oil. When there is a few very small unmelted chunks in the bowl (if using shop bought chocolate) take off the heat and let the residual heat melt the rest. If using homemade chocolate liquid mixture this will be very quick- just allow the coconut oil to absorb. 

3. When melted, gradually stir in the cooled coconut cream mixture until both are completely mixed. 

4. Separate the mixture into two halves. In one half, add a zest of one orange and mix through for a delicious orange chocolate flavour. These are my favourite, as I always miss Terry's Chocolate Orange now being vegan! Secondly, finely chop your hazelnuts. Mix these in the second half. 

5. Leave the two mixtures to cool in the fridge for 3 hours. 

6. Once completely chilled and the mixture have a dough like consistency, scoop the truffles out by hand and mould into balls. 

7. Decorate however you like! Cacao powder is great to dust the truffles with. They are best kept in the fridge as they are so natural. 

Enjoy and stay sassy! x