Description
Delicate green tea truffles blend Japanese matcha with rich chocolate for an elegant dessert. Rich ganache centers melt smoothly, offering chocolate lovers a sophisticated confection you can savor with elegant simplicity.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 oz (226 g) white chocolate, finely chopped
- ¼ cup (60 ml) heavy cream
- 1 ½ tsps matcha green tea powder
- 1 tsp unsalted butter
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- ½ cup (50 g) matcha powder, cocoa powder, or powdered sugar
Instructions
- Cream Infusion: Gently heat heavy cream in a saucepan over low temperature until steamy, avoiding boiling point.
- Matcha Integration: Whisk matcha powder into heated cream, creating a smooth, lump-free liquid. Remove from heat immediately.
- Chocolate Melting: Pour warm matcha-cream over chopped white chocolate in a heat-resistant bowl. Let rest momentarily, then stir until chocolate dissolves completely, forming a glossy ganache.
- Flavor Enhancement: Blend softened butter, vanilla extract, and salt into ganache, stirring until ingredients merge seamlessly.
- Chilling Process: Refrigerate ganache mixture for two hours, allowing it to solidify into a scoopable consistency.
- Truffle Formation: Use a spoon or cookie scoop to shape small spherical truffles, rolling between palms to achieve a polished exterior.
- Coating Technique: Roll truffles in matcha powder, cocoa powder, or powdered sugar, creating an elegant visual and textural finish.
- Final Refinement: Chill completed truffles for an additional 30 minutes to stabilize structure, then serve these exquisite green tea confections.
Notes
- Prevent Cream Scorching: Heat cream slowly on low temperature, watching carefully to avoid boiling, which can ruin chocolate’s smooth texture.
- Master Matcha Mixing: Whisk matcha powder gradually and thoroughly to eliminate lumps, ensuring a silky, uniform green tea infusion throughout the ganache.
- Ganache Cooling Technique: Refrigerate mixture for exactly two hours – not longer or shorter – to achieve perfect scoopable consistency for truffle formation.
- Handling Delicate Truffles: Use cold, slightly damp hands when rolling to prevent chocolate from melting and maintain clean, round truffle shapes.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: Japanese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 112
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 20 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg