CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE POTS
Ingredients
- 100g/3½oz dark chocolate
- minimum 70% cocoa solids
- broken into pieces
- 50g/1¾oz caster sugar
- 2 free-range egg yolks
- 1 tbsp Irish cream liqueur
- 300ml/10fl oz pouring double cream
- 4 digestive biscuits
- finely crushed
- dash Irish cream liqueur
- 100g/3½oz white chocolate
- cocoa powder
- for dusting
Directions
- Whizz the chocolate in a food processor.
- Put the sugar and 6 tablespoons of water in a small saucepan and heat gently
- stirring
- until the sugar has dissolved. Boil for a few seconds until it becomes a thin syrup.
- Set the food processor running and pour the hot syrup through the funnel on to the chocolate so it melts. Add a little boiling water if some unmelted chocolate remains. Add the egg yolks and process for a few seconds before adding the Irish cream liqueur.
- In a separate bowl
- whip the cream until soft peaks form
- then fold in the chocolate mixture. Reserve 3 tablespoons of mousse in a small bowl. Spoon the remaining mousse into small glasses or pots. Leave in the fridge to set for 6 hours or overnight.
- To make the chocolate truffles
- add the crushed biscuits to the reserved mousse with a splash of Irish cream liqueur. Mix well and shape into six truffle-size balls. Put on a plate in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Melt the white chocolate in a small heatproof bowl over a pan of gently simmering water
- making sure the bowl doesn't touch the water. Insert a cocktail stick into the balls
- dip into the melted white chocolate and swirl around until coated. Put on a piece of baking paper
- and place in the fridge for 30 minutes
- or until firm.
- Place one truffle on top of each mousse before serving and dust with cocoa. Serve straight from the fridge.

