Chocolate Star Anise Truffles

Total Time: 12 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 hrs

Ingredients

• 400 ml double cream
• 400 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids broken into small pieces)
• 1 star anise
• 50 g cocoa powder (for dusting)

Recipe

• 1 line a 23cm square cake tin or similar with cling film allowing plenty of overhang at the sides.
• 2 bring cream to boil in a nonstick saucpan. put choclate in a bowl and add into saucepan. tale of the heat.
• 3 leave for a minute or two and then stir and leave to stand for another minute or two until chocolate has completely melted.
• 4 grind star anise with pestle and mortar, dust through seive to remove fine woody bits. fold dust into choco cream mixture.
• 5 pour truffle mix into half of the cake tin, before it spreads to fill the whole cake tin fold the cling film back over to create a deep rectangle approx 2 cm deep. smooth surface with your fingers tuck clingfilm ends under tin to keep the slab in place. chill overnight until set.
• 6 turn truffle slab out onto a work surface and peel off clingfilm trim edges and cut into 2cm squares, dust with cocoa powder.