Chocolate Nut Truffles

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 10 ounces semisweet chocolate, slivered
• 2 tablespoons superfine sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup toasted almond, finely chopped
• cocoa powder

Recipe

• 1 in the top of a double broiler, heat cream until it begins to simmer.
• 2 remove pan from heat and blend in sugar, chocolate, and butter until mixture is very smooth.
• 3 stir in nuts.
• 4 refrigerate mixture in pan and stir every ten minutes until mixture begins to thicken.
• 5 when it just begins to thicken, stir mixture vigorously.
• 6 return to refrigerator until firm enough to form balls.
• 7 roll in powdered cocoa and store in refrigerator.