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Cherry & Marzipan Truffles

Rum soaked cherries truffles with marzipan chocolate & hazelnuts

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/cherry-and-marzipan-truffles • Posted by Cat Morley

These Grog inspired truffles have a rum soaked cherry in the centre and are coated with marzipan, orange blossom water infused dark chocolate and chopped hazelnuts. Makes roughly 20 truffles

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

0 h 35

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

These Grog inspired truffles have a rum soaked cherry in the centre and are coated with marzipan, orange blossom water infused dark chocolate and chopped hazelnuts. Makes roughly 20 truffles

Instructions

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    Place the cherries in a bowl and add the rum.

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    Sprinkle with brown sugar and leave the cherries to soak up the rum for a few hours while chilling in the fridge.

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    Break off some marzipan, roll into a ball and flatten into a disk. Place a cherry in the middle and wrap the marzipan around it before re-rolling into a smooth ball.

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    Continue coating all the cherries in marzipan.

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    Melt the dark chocolate in a microwave and stir in the orange blossom water.

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    Coat each marzipan truffle in dark chocolate.

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    Roll in toasted chopped hazelnuts.

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    Place on a sheet of parchment paper to set.