Chocolate truffles with star anise

Makes 50

Rating (22 ratings)

Ingredients

200 g milk chocolate
250 g dark chocolate
2 dl whipping cream
3 star anises
3 tbsp Siúcra Rich Dark Brown sugar
Cocoa powder

Instructions

Chop up the chocolate.
Heat the cream together with the star anise. Just before it reaches a boil, remove from the hob and leave to stand for 5 minutes.
Reheat the cream, stirring in the chopped chocolate and the sugar. Remove the star anises.
Pour the mixture into the parchment-lined baking sheet.
Cover with cling film and refrigerate for at least 24 hours.
Cut into 50-60 pieces and dust with cocoa powder.

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