Chocolate Truffles with Ginger, Orange, and Pomegranate
Vegan chocolate truffles with bright winter flavours of ginger, orange and pomegranate. These are so easy and you can't beat the taste, even though they're made with coconut cream instead of dairy.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Vegan
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 5 minutesminutes
Setting Time 4 hourshours
Total Time 25 minutesminutes
Servings 20small truffles
Ingredients
250ml/ 1 cup coconut creamfrom the top of a can of full-fat coconut milk
100gramsdark chocolatefinely chopped
Zest of an organic orange
½teaspoonfresh gingerfinely grated
¼teaspoonvanilla powder
Tiny pinch sea salt
Pomegranate arilsabout 1/4 cup
Cocoa powderfor coating
Instructions
Place the chocolate into a heat safe bowl. Pour the coconut cream into a small saucepan and heat over medium, until simmering. Pour the heated cream onto the chocolate and let it sit, without stirring, for 30 seconds.
Add the orange zest, ginger, vanilla, and salt to the bowl. Whisk until the chocolate and cream are smooth and fully incorporated. Cover and refrigerate overnight to set, or a minimum of four hours.
Once the truffle mixture has set, use a spoon to scoop out about a teaspoon for each truffle. Place a couple of pomegranate arils in the centre and squeeze with your hands to close the truffle, then roll into an approximate sphere shape. Continue until all of the mixture has been used, placing onto a board or sheet lined with parchment paper.
Freeze the truffles for 10 minutes, then remove and roll gently between your hands to clean up the edges and make them more ball-like. Roll each in cocoa powder until coated, then place into a sealed container or jar and refrigerate until needed. To serve, bring them out of the fridge about 15 minutes beforehand to soften slightly.
Notes
• You can also dip the truffles into dark chocolate instead of rolling them in cocoa. Just melt chocolate over a double boiler with a half teaspoon of coconut oil, then use a fork to dip the truffles. Do this if they need to be able to sit out of the fridge for a while. • To make extra cute baby truffles, do about a half teaspoon per truffle and one pomegranate aril in each one.