Mole Truffles
Ingredients
Makes 50 bite sized truffles
Method
Makes 50 bite sized truffles
- 250g raw almond butter (or make your own in the vita mix)
- 50g pumpkin seeds - soaked, rinsed and dehydrated
- 75g raisins + 100g soak water
- 50g maple syrup
- 2 tsp nama shoyu
- 1 1/2 tsp whole cumin seeds - ground in a mortar and pestle
- 2 ancho chilis - de-seeded and soaked with the raisins
- 2 tsp chipotle pepper - de-seeded and roughly chopped
- 35 g cacao powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean, scraped and empty pod reserved for other uses
- 1/8 tsp grated nutmeg
- 1 tbsp cinnamon powder
- Pinch cayenne pepper or smoked hot paprika (optional)
- 225g 78% Ooosha dark chocolate or a high quality raw dark chocolate of your choice
Method
- Soak the chipotle, anchos and raisins in enough water to cover for 4 hours or until soft.
- I made my own almond butter by using my vita mix; Put 250g of soaked and dehydrated almonds in the vita mix, turn the blender on high speed and, using the tamper stick, push the nuts into the blades until you have reached a nice smooth consistency. Be aware that the blender conducts a fair bit of heat, so you want to really use the tamper stick to keep things moving and finish the butter within a minute of blending and it's best to cool the butter in the fridge or freezer before proceeding with the rest of the recipe. This will keep the heat down.
- Add the remaining ingredients (including the soak water) except the melted chocolate and blend like fury, using the tamper stick to help you. Don't add more liquid as it will change the recipe completely in the end, however if you choose to add more liquid then you will need to also add a bit more chocolate to keep the consistency right.
- Turn the mix out into a large mixing bowl, pour in the melted chocolate and whisk it all to combine. At this stage you could also add some textures, like cacao nibs or chopped pumpkin seeds, if you wanted textured truffles
- Cover with cling film, press the film right on top of the mix so it doesn't create a skin while it cools. Set in the fridge or freezer. Best thing to do is leave it in the fridge overnight as this allows it to slowly set and the flavours will develop more, in fact, over the coming days the flavours will continue to develop.
- Finally, with cacao dusted hands, roll the truffles into balls. Alternatively, you can set the mix into silicon moulds, pop them out and then roll in chocolate. If you choose to roll into balls, then don't coat with powders as this will not allow the chocolate to adhere. You could, however, roll them in chopped nuts and then dip in chocolate for a nice underlying texture.
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