Hot Chocolate Truffles

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 lb semisweet chocolate
• 1 cup hot whipping cream
• peanut oil
• 2 cups sifted flour, on a plate
• 3 eggs, beaten with a pinch of salt in a wide bowl
• 1 1/2 cups fine breadcrumbs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4-1/3 cup cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 ganache: melt the chocolate over hot weater. stir the chocolate until it is completely smooth, then stir in the cream. let set half an hour, refrigerate until chilled.
• 2 truffles: scoop out 1 tablespoons chocolate with a melon baller and roll in palms of your hands or make balls 1-inch in diameter. arrange on parchment-lined cookie sheets and place in the freezer for 1 1/2 hours.
• 3 remove the chocolate balls from the freezer and roll 4 at a time in the flour, then roll one at a time in the palms of your hands.
• 4 next roll the balls in the beaten eggs, coating them completely, and then one by one, roll them firmly in the palm of your hands.
• 5 finally, roll the balls in the crumb mixture, coaring them completely, and then one by one, roll then firmly in the palm of your hands.
• 6 freeze for an hour.
• 7 heat the peanut oil in a heavy saucepan to 350°f lower 4 truffles at a time into the hot oil; let brown and crust for about 10 seconds, then drain on paper towels.