Tartufi al pandoro - Nannini Dolci e Caffè

Pandoro truffles

Delicious and simple to prepare

We know that when we talk about Christmas, we also talk about pandoro binges. In Italian homes, pandoro is always present in December. Whether purchased directly, given as a gift by co-workers, or by guests visiting for the holidays, pandoro is always present.

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And there's certainly no shortage of leftovers after Christmas Day. So why not come up with a creative and unusual way to reuse our panettone leftovers?

A recipe you can make with leftover Christmas pandoro, which doesn't even require baking, is pandoro truffles. Pandoro truffles are quick and easy, but also incredibly delicious.

Truffles are chocolates, named for their similar shape to mushrooms of the same name, made with chocolate, butter, eggs, and bitter cocoa. This dessert, which became popular in the early 20th century, has evolved into a myriad of varieties. Transforming traditional sweets into truffles is becoming increasingly popular in the kitchen, and today it's time to explore a Christmas variation.

Ingredients:

For the pandoro truffles:

  • 400g of pandoro
  • 50 ml of rum
  • 16 g of honey
  • 100g of dark chocolate

For the truffle covering:

  • 150g of dark chocolate
  • as much dark chocolate chips as needed
  • as much chopped hazelnuts as needed

Procedure

Once you have all the ingredients you need to make this recipe, you need to start by placing the rum and honey in a saucepan and heating it.

Then, cut the 100 grams of dark chocolate into small pieces, and pour the hot rum over them until they melt. Then, let them cool.

Once the rum-chocolate mixture has cooled sufficiently, crumble the pandoro and add it to the mixture. Now knead everything together with your hands until you have a smooth dough.

Pandoro Truffles - Nannini Dolci e Caffè

Once the dough is ready, form balls roughly the size of a walnut and place them on a plate.

After this, you need to chop the 150 grams of dark chocolate you used to cover the truffles and melt it in a double boiler or in the microwave. If you use the microwave, melt it for 30 minutes at a time, stirring between each break, taking care not to burn the chocolate.

Then, dip the previously made dough balls into the melted dark chocolate and place them on some baking paper.

Now it's time to sprinkle the surface of each ball with chocolate chips and chopped hazelnuts .

At this point, the pandoro truffles are ready ; all you need to do is refrigerate them for about an hour, so that the icing hardens and crystallizes. Once the truffles are firm, they're ready to serve.

So we didn't leave any leftovers from our pandoro behind and created something new and tasty to share with our family during the holiday season.

For an extra touch

You can replace the rum with Vin Santo to make a variation of Pandoro truffles .

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