Black Chocolate Truffle Recipe - Holiday Special!

If you're hosting a holiday celebration or party, be sure to include these delicious chocolate black forest truffles! These small treats can be served during dessert or put into tiny boxes and given as gifts to all of your guests!
Makes: 48 pieces

Ingredients
(1/2 cup) Heavy cream
(1 tbsp) Light corn syrup
(2 cups) White chocolate, pistoles or chopped in 1/2-inch pieces
(1 tbsp) Butter, unsalted, soft
(2 tbsp) Kirsch
(3 tbsp) Dried cherries, finely chopped
(1 2⁄3 cups) Dark chocolate or dark compound coating, chopped in 1/2-inch pieces, for dipping
(1⁄3 cup) Dark chocolate shavings

Preparation Instructions
1. Line a 9 × 13–inch baking pan with parchment paper.
2. Combine the cream and corn syrup in a 2-quart saucepan and bring to a boil.
3. Remove from the heat. Add the chopped white chocolate or pistoles and butter to the cream and stir until smooth and homogeneous.
4. Stir in the kirsch and the cherries.
5. Pour the finished ganache into the baking pan to make a thin layer and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 hour or more until the ganache is firm.
6. Put the ganache in a mixer bowl and mix on medium speed using a paddle attachment for 30 seconds. Or stir vigorously in a mixing bowl by hand, using a spatula.
7. Allow the ganache to rest at room temperature for 5 minutes. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
8. Using a #100 scoop or a teaspoon, scoop out balls of ganache and place on the sheet pan at room temperature.
9. When all of the ganache has been scooped, roll each portion by hand into a round ball.
10. Melt and temper the chocolate for dipping using the procedure shown below. If using compound coating, follow the heating instructions on the package.
11. Dip the ganache centers in the tempered chocolate or compound coating using one of the techniques listed below.
12. After dipping, but before the chocolate sets, roll the truffles in the chocolate shavings.

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