Hazelnut Mocha Truffle

The strong cocoa notes of Tanzanie dark chocolate pair nicely with coffee, with neither flavor overwhelming the other. Hazelnut liqueur and praliné grains bring it all together for a smooth yet complex flavor experience.

Recipe

Created by
  • Domenica Lazo - Chocolate & Cocoa Applications Chef, Chicago Chocolate Academy

Vegan Hazelnut Mocha Ganache

ingredients preparation
  • 150g
    Oat milk
  • 10g
    Whole bean coffee
  • Q.S.
    Oat milk
  • 60g
    glucose syrup
  • 95g
    Plant-based butter, very soft
  • 30g
    coconut oil
  • 20g
    Coffee Liqueur
  • 20g
    hazelnut liqueur
  • 400g
    Cacao Barry Tanzanie 75%
  1. Crush or roughly grind the coffee beans and combine them with the oat milk in a small pot.
  2. Bring the mixture to a boil, and remove the pot from the heat.
  3. Cover and allow it to steep for 5 minutes.
  4. Strain the mixture through a pre-moistened cheesecloth.
  5. Weigh the infused oat milk - you will have lost some in the infusing process. Return the oat milk to its original weight by adding fresh oat milk as necessary.
  6. Combine the glucose syrup with the coffee-flavored oat milk and bring to a boil.
  7. Pour the hot mixture over the dark chocolate, and allow to stand for one minute, then stir or blend to emulsify.
  8. Stir in the plant-based butter and coconut oil. Make sure the mixture is homogeneous and no lumps of butter remain.
  9. Stream in the liqueur, stirring or blending to emulsify.
  10. Agitate the ganache on the tabletop until it is the consistency of pastry cream, then transfer to a piping bag fitted with an 11mm/.43” piping tip.
  11. Pipe truffle-shaped rounds of approximately 5g/.18 oz each.
  12. Allow to crystallize for 20 minutes.

Assembly

ingredients preparation
  • Q.S.
    Cacao Barry Tanzanie 75%
  • Q.S.
    Caramalised Hazelnut
  1. Roll the truffles into spheres.
  2. Pre-coat each truffle in pre-crystallized dark chocolate.
  3. Coat the truffles in a second, thicker layer of pre-crystallized dark chocolate before rolling in praliné grains.
  4. Allow chocolate coating to set completely before packaging truffles for sale.