Chocolate Truffles

My truffles are all made by hand. I temper my chocolate in the old fashioned way on a marble slab and avoid using microwaves and other cooking aids.

Although they are utterly indulgent the way I have developed the recipes should ease any guilt factor as they are healthy too. To taste them on a daily basis believe me they have to be! Crafted from highly sourced, fresh, top quality ingredients they are totally unadulterated by anything artificial and fat content is always kept to a minimum. Each one you taste, I believe, will awaken your taste buds to wonderment and invoke the passion sparked in me when I created them.

The truffles are created from the finest of chocolate, farmhouse double cream, a smidgeon of farmhouse unsalted butter and delicious raw and unfiltered Tuscan honey (Antica Farmacia Dei Monaci Camaldolesi). The beehives are kept in the National Park of the Forest of Casentino. The hives are placed under the trees appropriate to the honey produced (for example, chestnut trees for the Chestnut Honey). The chocolate I select and flavour of honey depends on the final desired taste of the truffle. I try to avoid adding sugar but the need arises with some of the fruit flavours. I promise I use the smallest amount I can!

Specialist organically grown herbs, fresh fruits, spices, nuts and liquers are used to flavour the ganaches (central power house of the truffle which gives it the 'Marmite' factor of 'love it or hate it'!) and are rotated on a seasonal basis.  I use a variety of supreme chocolate (mostly either 'Grand Cru' or of 'Single Origin') from a mélange of highly respected chocolate houses and with the unique use of them and the flavours produce luxurious chocolate truffles with individuality and that are wholly special.

Once the ganaches are dipped in hand tempered chocolate (chosen to balance the ganache flavour) they are either simply dusted with organic cocoa powder, rolled in chopped roasted nuts or homemade chocolate flakes to create an irresistible indulgent yet healthy treat.

Using such fresh ingredients my truffles are designed to be eaten and not for a shelf life factor.  To enjoy the truffles at their ultimate I believe they should be eaten within a week and ideally brought to room temperature before consumption.  On each handwritten truffle information label I recommend an 'enjoy by' date.

See my seasonal range of truffles

For further information or a bespoke order please use my enquiry form.

	Min. weight	Price
12 truffles	100g	£15.80
24 truffles	200g	£28.20
Prices include VAT

Bespoke orders priced on request.

For orders and enquiries please use my enquiry form.