Tom’s Chocolate Truffles

These simple chocolate truffles are a great way to save and transform aged chocolate that has become discoloured, into a truly remarkable sweet treat. It is the simplest, yet tastiest truffle, made with just three ingredients, chocolate, salt and water.

Designed to bring out and maximise the flavour of the chocolate so that you can taste its true, intense flavour, that is individual to each and every chocolate bar.

Serves [20]

Ingredients

• 100 grams of chocolate

• a sprinkle of sea salt 

• cocoa powder, to dust

Method

1. Line a small container with unbleached parchment paper.

2. Finely chop the chocolate into small pieces and place into a bowl, zero the scales and add 50 millilitres of boiling water, set aside for 1 minute.

3. Then gently stir until the chocolate has melted. Pour into your container.

4. Sprinkle the chocolate lightly with sea salt and refrigerate for two hours, or until set.

5. Turn out onto a chopping board, cut into rectangular pieces and dust with cocoa powder to finish. 

Recipe provided by Tom Hunt, in his book ‘Eating for Pleasure, People and Planet’.

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