Chocolate Truffles 1

Ingredients:
  • 3 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tblsp rum
  • 1/4 tsp almond extract
  • Unsweetened cocoa
  • Melt chocolate over simmering water. Beat until smooth. Scald the cream in a small saucepan; remove from the heat and let cool to 130 degrees on a candy thermometer.

    Add cream to chocolate and beat over simmering water until smooth. Remove from heat and add flavorings.

    When cool, beat with an electric mixer until fluffy. Refrigerate until firm. Dust your hands with unsweetened cocoa, roll teaspoonsful of the mixture into balls and roll in unsweetened cocoa. Place in small candy papers and refrigerate. Makes about 40.