Orange and cinnamon sous vide chocolate truffles

  • Petit four
  • 40
  • 60 minutes
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Russell Brown serves up his sous vide chocolate truffle recipe, infused with warming flavours of orange and cinnamon. Creating the ganache in a water bath helps everything to melt evenly, and ensures that the flavours are fully infused into the chocolate.

First published in 2017

Ingredients

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Orange and cinnamon sous vide chocolate truffles

To finish

Equipment

  • Water bath
  • Vacuum bags
  • Chamber sealer
  • Cooking thermometer
  • Piping bags

Method

1
To begin, break up the cinnamon sticks and place in a small bowl. Pour over enough boiling water to cover and place cling film over the dish. Leave to infuse for 30 minutes
2
Preheat a water bath to 58°C
3
Place all the ingredients (including the soaked cinnamon and water) in a vacuum bag and seal in a chamber sealer. Place in the water bath for 4 hours. Not only will this melt all the cocoa butter crystals in the chocolate, but this process also infuses the flavours of the orange and cinnamon
4
Agitate the contents of the bag by shaking from side to side, then pour through a sieve into a clean bowl
5
Place the bowl in a roasting tin of cold water and stir the ganache until the temperature drops to 28°C. Transfer the mixture to a piping bag and pipe 3cm balls onto a non stick baking mat or silicone paper. Allow to set
6
Roll the ganache into balls then coat in tempered dark chocolate. Roll in cocoa powder to finish
First published in 2017

Russell Brown has achieved Michelin stardom on his own terms, impressing inspectors with his honest, unfussy creations and sound approach to restaurant management.

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