Description
Sweet white chocolate strawberry truffles blend fresh strawberries with creamy chocolate in a delightful no-bake dessert. Elegant confections melt perfectly on palates, delivering rich strawberry essence with smooth white chocolate complexity.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 oz (225 g) white chocolate, finely chopped
- ½ cup (75 g) freeze-dried strawberries, finely crushed
- ¼ cup (60 ml) heavy cream
- 2 tbsps unsalted butter
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
- 4 oz (115 g) white chocolate, melted (for dipping)
- ¼ cup freeze-dried strawberry powder or powdered sugar (for rolling)
Instructions
- Powder Preparation: Pulverize freeze-dried strawberries into a fine powder using a food processor, creating a uniform, delicate texture for flavor infusion.
- Chocolate Base: Place white chocolate in a heat-resistant bowl, preparing for ganache transformation.
- Cream Fusion: Warm heavy cream and butter in a saucepan over medium heat, heating until just before boiling point to prevent scorching.
- Ganache Development: Pour heated cream over white chocolate, allowing brief resting time for initial melting, then whisk vigorously until achieving a smooth, glossy consistency.
- Flavor Enhancement: Blend vanilla extract, salt, and strawberry powder into the ganache, stirring thoroughly to create a harmonious and complex flavor profile.
- Chilling and Setting: Refrigerate the mixture for 2 hours, allowing the ganache to firm up and become easily moldable.
- Truffle Shaping: With chilled hands, craft uniform spherical truffles, rolling gently to create elegant, smooth surfaces.
- Finishing Touch: Optionally coat truffles in additional strawberry powder or white chocolate shavings for textural contrast and visual appeal.
- Storage: Preserve truffles in an airtight container within the refrigerator to maintain optimal texture and flavor integrity.
Notes
- Crush Strawberries Precisely: Use a fine-mesh sieve after processing to ensure an ultra-smooth, clump-free strawberry powder for seamless flavor integration.
- Control Chocolate Melting Temperature: Maintain gentle heat below 115°F to prevent chocolate separation, using a digital thermometer for precise monitoring during ganache preparation.
- Handle Truffle Shaping Strategically: Keep hands cold by periodically rinsing with ice water or wearing food-safe gloves to prevent chocolate from melting during formation.
- Customize Dietary Adaptations: Substitute dairy cream with coconut cream for vegan version, ensuring equivalent fat content to maintain truffle’s rich, creamy texture.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 11
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 30 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg