Рецепт Smoky Date #NotKetchup chocolate truffles - make them for your smokin' hot Valentine!
When you start a food business and make a new food product, you spend a lot of time thinking about ways people might want to use it. Today, as it's so close to Valentine's Day, I woke up thinking about Not Ketchup paired with chocolate.
Here's the great thing about Not Ketchup: Because it's made with fruit like cherries, blueberries, and dates instead of tomatoes, it's a lot more versatile than tomato ketchup. You'd never think of putting traditional tomato ketchup into chocolate truffles. (I wouldn't, anyway. There may be ketchup fans out there who will differ.)
I mixed up a quick batch of chocolate truffles this morning and added a few tablespoons of Smoky Date Not Ketchup to the mixture. When I tasted them later, I was blown away by the combination. The Smoky Date Not Ketchup adds fruit overtones that enhance the dark chocolate perfectly, but here's what I wasn't expecting: The tartness of the vinegar in the Not Ketchup balances the bitterness in a really unusual way. Combine that with the hint of smoke from the smoked paprika in the Not Ketchup and the smoked salt I sprinkled on top and you have one killer chocolate treat.
Make a batch of these for your Valentine and I guarantee you'll like the results - of both the chocolates and your date.
Want to learn more about Not Ketchup, my brand-new line of gourmet sauces? Head over to www.notketchup.com for recipe ideas, nutritional information and online ordering.
Smoky Date Not Ketchup Chocolate Truffles for Valentine's Day
by Erika Kerekes February-12-2014
Smoky Date Not Ketchup adds exotic notes of fruit and smoke to dark chocolate truffles. Made with Not Ketchup, Erika's new line of gourmet sauces.
Ingredients
- 1 cup good quality semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 3 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, divided
- 2 Tablespoons Smoky Date Not Ketchup
- smoked salt, for garnish
Instructions
Put the chocolate chips, butter and 1 Tablespoon cocoa powder in a small bowl. Set the bowl over a small saucepan of simmering water. Stir until melted, then remove from the heat. Stir in the Smoky Date Not Ketchup. Leave the mixture at room temperature for 1 hour to firm up.Sift the remaining 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder into a small bowl. Roll the chocolate mixture into 1-inch balls, using about 1 teaspoon for each truffle. Roll each ball in the cocoa powder, then place on a serving plate or in a small paper candy cup. Sprinkle with a few grains of smoked salt.Serve at room temperature.
Details
Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 20 mins Yield: 1 dozen 1-inch truffles