Winter Truffles

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The winter special recipe for 2019 is finally  here and with this post I’d like to send as much love as possible to every single one of you.
It’s not something too fancy or with a longer list of ingredients than the Santa’s, but the reason it’s earned the “winter special” label are the wintery ingredients it has.
When I think of winter, many festive dishes come to my mind, but a couple simple things still stand out and those are: chestnuts, wine or any kind of liqueur, berries, chocolate & cookies. So I thought of some wintery truffles you can make with all of them.
I tried many variations till I found the perfect combo. This is why it has taken me more than one month to finally love the recipe and to see it as share-worthy. Whether you make it for Christmas or New Year’s Eve or even as a gift for whatever occasion this cold season, you choose, it will be the easiest treat you’ve ever made and I’m sure it will become one of your favorites too.

Ingredients:
  • 200 gr of chestnuts 
  • 1 mini bottle of Jaegermeister 
  • 3 tbsp of blackcurrant syrup
  • 4 petit beurre (butter)cookies 
  • 130 gr of dark chocolate 
Preparation:
You’re going to start by prepping the chestnuts. Cut in a cross form every chestnut and then boil them for about 30-35 minutes or until they’re really soft.

*[ You can skip this whole step by buying some ready made chestnuts ]*
Next peel the chestnuts and mash them with a fork/masher. Then crumble into very fine pieces the petite beurre with your hands or a mixer.
Mix them into the mash and then add the blackcurrant syrup and mix again in a mashing motion, so everything gets coated evenly and the mixture becomes even smoother.
Next you can add the liquor and mix well again for the last time.

Roll the mixture into little balls and then refrigerate them while you melt the chocolate.

You can use the microwave to melt the chocolate, but make sure you stop and stir every 30-40 seconds so it doesn’t get burned.
Take the chestnut truffles out of the fridge, roll them into melted chocolate until coated and lay them in a non stick surface  for the chocolate to set. You can put them back in the fridge to quicken the process. 


When the chocolate hardens completely they’re ready to eat.
ENJOY!! 💕
Location: London, Vereinigtes Königreich

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