Recipe – Plum and chocolate truffles

source: http://tarttokig.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/recipe-plum-and-chocolate-truffles/

For 15-20 truffles:

• 100 g white chocolate
• Approx 10 fresh plums
• 40 g sugar
• 30 g heavy cream
• 200-250 g dark chocolate (approx. 50% cacao)

1.. Chop the white chocolate very finely and put it in a bowl.

2.. Slice the plums in half and remove the pits.

3.. On medium heat, boil the plums until they are soft and you can easily mash them against the wall of the saucepan. Stir often so they don’t get burnt. It takes about 5 minutes.
4.. Strain the plums into another saucepan. Since you just want the juice and not the pulp; don’t use a spoon to speed up the process. When you’ve got 80 g of juice, remove the sieve and add the sugar to the juice.
5.. Boil the juice until half of the weight, 60 g remains.
6.. Add the cream to the juice and give it a boil-up.
7.. Pour the hot cream over the white chocolate and stir to a smooth truffle. Put in the fridge to cool.
8.. Once the truffle has hardened; roll into balls and put in the fridge again while you temper the dark chocolate. If you don’t know how to temper chocolate, you can find a guide here.
9.. Dip the balls in chocolate and put on a baking paper to harden.