Setting The Mood: Chocolate Truffles

Recipe by Ekta Patel

Photo by Ekta Patel

INGREDIENTS

• 400 gms digestive biscuits

• 10 tbsp. drinking chocolate

• 2 tbsp. cocoa powder

• 10 tbsp. salted butter

• 1 tsp. salt

• 1 tsp. cinnamon powder

• 5 tbsp. desiccated coconut, plus extra for coating

• 390 gms of sweetened condensed milk

Optional - chopped almonds, pistachios and walnuts

Optional - dark & white Chocolate chips

METHOD

1. Add the biscuits to a grinder or a ziplock bag and crush into a powder using a rolling pin.

2. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and stir in sweetened condensed milk.

3. Take the mixture off the heat and add the drinking chocolate, cocoa powder, salt, cinnamon powder, desiccated coconut and any of the optional ingredients.

4. Mix thoroughly until the mixture forms a fudge-like texture and pulls away from the sides of the pot.

5. In a plate, spread the remaining desiccated coconut.

6. Grease your hands with some butter & roll the chocolate ball mixture into bite-size balls. Coat these with the coconut.