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foodshowxyz · 6 months ago
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Lavender Honey Tarts with Lemon Ricotta Filling 🍋🌿
Ingredients:
For the Crust:
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 🍞
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar 🍚
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold and cubed 🧈
• 1 large egg yolk 🥚
• 2-3 tbsp cold water 💧
For the Lemon Ricotta Filling:
• 1 cup ricotta cheese 🧀
• 1/2 cup cream cheese 🧀
• 1/4 cup honey 🍯
• Zest of 1 lemon 🍋
• Juice of 1 lemon 🍋
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 🍦
• 2 large eggs 🥚
For the Lavender Honey Glaze:
• 1/4 cup honey 🍯
• 2 tbsp water 💧
• 1 tsp dried culinary lavender 🌿
For Garnish:
• Fresh lavender sprigs 🌿
• Extra honey drizzle 🍯
Instructions:
1. Prepare the Crust:
• In a food processor, combine the flour and powdered sugar.
• Add the cold, cubed butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add the egg yolk and cold water, pulsing until the dough comes together.
• Press the dough into tart pans and chill for 30 minutes.
2. Bake the Crust:
• Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
• Prick the crust with a fork and line with parchment paper and pie weights.
• Bake for 15 minutes, remove weights and bake for another 10 minutes until golden brown. Cool completely.
3. Prepare the Filling:
• In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese, cream cheese, honey, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth.
• Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Pour the filling into the cooled tart crusts.
4. Bake the Tarts:
• Bake the filled tarts at 350°F (175°C) for 20-25 minutes, until the filling is set and slightly golden on top.
• Allow the tarts to cool completely.
5. Prepare the Lavender Honey Glaze:
• In a small saucepan, combine honey, water, and dried lavender.
• Heat over low heat until the honey is melted and the lavender is fragrant. Strain out the lavender pieces.
6. Glaze and Garnish:
• Brush the cooled tarts with the lavender honey glaze.
• Garnish with fresh lavender sprigs and an extra drizzle of honey.
7. Serve:
• Serve the tarts chilled or at room temperature.
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unofficialchronicle · 4 months ago
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chthonic-cassandra · 5 months ago
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Meyer lemon tart
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johnnieblaze12 · 27 days ago
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freyja-lestrange · 5 months ago
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𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 & 𝑱𝒐𝒚 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝑶𝒊𝒍
Hello witches, I want to share with you a recent magic oil I made for candle dressing & spell making🕯✨️ you can also use it for your overall craft,
You'll need:
🌼 Chamomile
🌼 Calendula Flower
🌼 Lavender
🌼 Clove Powder (*can be replaced with whole clove)
🌼 Copal Incense (*I used copal resin for a concentrated infusion)
🌼 Carrier Oil (*I used olive oil)
🌼 Small Jar
Instructions ~
Cleanse your jar with salvia/sage incense, or cleanse with your preferred method,
Gather your dry ingredients into your jar: the chamomile, calendula flower, lavender, love & copal resin,
Set your intentions for your herbs, I like using my hand over each herb before putting them inside the jar, guiding each herb with which correspondence or property I'll need,
Pour in your carrier oil of choice, do it slowly allowing the oil to get to the bottom, this will get rid of any air bubbles,
Say your last intentions for the overall oil, close with the cork or cover, and let it sit for a few days to allow the infusion to set in,
When the oil is done resting, pour your concentration infusion unto another bigger jar without the herbs, it's okay if bits go in though,
Finally, top off the remaining or the jar with more olive oil,
And that's it! Your Prosperity & Joy Oil is ready for use, whether you want to dress a yellow candle to bring joy, happiness, prosperity & clarity to your daily life, or use topically before bed, etc.,
*Please note that this or any oil infusion posted here is NOT meant to be ingested/eaten, keep away from children & animals !!
Happy Crafting!
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angel-inbloom · 9 days ago
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so in love with this nervine salve i made last night for my apothecary, it’s infused with lavender, rose, elderflower, and holy basil, with a touch of pink grapefruit essential oil to give it a shimmery fragrant finish. so comforting and grounding✨
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ashantisgarden · 1 year ago
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These are the last batch of Lavender Lemonade Body Oil and Mugwort Burn Bundles for the year. Once they are gone, they will not be restocked until next spring/summer. Please check out these and more items on my new website, ashantisgarden.com (l!nk in bi0). Every order comes with a gift. Business and engagement have also been slow online, so feel free to share this post.
IG: ashantisgarden
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emcacolville · 8 months ago
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i made flowers out of felt for the first time!
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threewaysdivided · 2 years ago
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Infused-ganache Chocolate Truffles
Made a batch of these on the weekend (and then tormented my international friends on discord with them) so in penance by popular demand, let’s talk chocolate-making. 
Okay, well, making things out of chocolate.  Actually making chocolate from scratch is a long and specialised process that’s well out of scope for the average casual home-cook.  See these videos from H2CT and Babish if you want to learn what’s involved there.
I’ve made a few versions of these truffles with different moulds, chocolate types and infused flavours, so this isn’t going to be a prescriptive recipe as much as the key steps/principles that you can tweak to fit what you’re working with.
Working With Chocolate
A lot of what I’ve learned about working with chocolate comes from Anne Reardon’s How to Cook That channel.  If you have time, this video is a great introduction to some of the food-science behind how chocolate works:
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Let’s do a summary of some key principles:
WATER IS THE ENEMY
Solid chocolate does not contain water.  When water (or other water-based moisture, like milk) comes into contact with chocolate, it starts to dissolve the sugar, changing the chemical structure – which can change the texture and taste.
If the surface of the chocolate gets damp/wet (e.g. because of water on your fingers or condensation in your mould/storage container) it can cause what’s called a ‘sugar bloom’, leaving white streaks or other discolouration.  You can actually see a bit of this in my photos; I was making these on a humid day and I think some condensation formed on the chilled moulds as I was pouring the chocolate in.  This is the best case scenario for water – it’ll damage your chocolate aesthetically but you can wipe any away remaining moisture to stop it from getting worse and keep going.
If water mixes into your melted chocolate, your chocolate will ‘seize���; the sugar-water forming a solution that the cocoa sticks to, turning it thick, dry/sludgy/lumpy and resistant to melting.  At this point your chocolate is texturally ruined (unless you’re making Flake) and can’t be used for moulding or shaping.  You can use it for other things, by slowly adding more hot liquid until it melts into a chocolate sauce or ganache, but seizing can’t be reversed so this will be the end of the line for using that batch in truffle shells.  You’ll have to start over.
The best way to prevent this is to keep everything dry.  Wipe down your bowls/ knives/ spoons/ moulds/ surfaces well with a clean cloth or paper towel to ensure there’s no water left from washing or condensation build-up from the fridge/ freezer, dry your hands thoroughly, keep exposed wet ingredients on a different part of your work surface (or use them before/ after handing your chocolate so they’re not out at the same time) and try to limit the chance of condensation (e.g. from stovetop- or kettle-steam) dripping into your melted chocolate as much as possible.
COCOA BUTTER OR COMPOUND?
There are two main types of chocolate that you’ll find in the baking aisle: ‘real’ chocolate, which uses cocoa butter as the main fat, and ‘compound’ chocolate, which uses vegetable fat instead.  For this you really need to read the ingredients list on the chocolate you’re buying since different brands can use either for different products (e.g. Cadbury Baking Melts are real chocolate while Nestle Baking Melts are compound chocolate, but other Cadbury products use compound chocolate and vice versa).  The only way to guarantee what you’re getting is to check whether cocoa butter or vegetable fat is listed on the packet.
This makes a difference because the fats used change the stability and texture.  The vegetable fat in compound chocolate has a higher melting point and is fully solid at room temperature.  This means it holds its shape more easily and doesn’t need special treatment to set firm (which can be very forgiving to beginners and good for making thin decorations) but the trade-off is that those harder fats give it a tougher texture and a waxier/ oilier mouth-feel, as well as a less glossy sheen.  Meanwhile, the cocoa butter in real chocolate has a lower melting point – closer to room temperature – which means that the heat from your hands (or even just a warm day) can be enough to melt the thinner pieces.  Those softer fats are what give real chocolate that nicer melt-in-your-mouth feel, and the crystalline structures that the cocoa butter arranges itself into gives real chocolate its crisp snap and glossy surface.  The trade-off is that, in order to keep the fats in that crystal structure, real chocolate has to be handled more carefully, and ‘tempered’ after fully melting; otherwise the melted fat resolidifies into an unstable, unstructured form that won’t set at room temperature.
Basically compound chocolate is more forgiving to work with (especially for thin pieces) but has a worse texture and appearance, while real chocolate looks and tastes better but requires an extra step and a little more care to work with.
TEMPERING
Tempering is that extra step I mentioned, which you need to do if you want real chocolate (the cocoa butter stuff) to set back into that nice crisp, room-temperature-stable, glossy state.  When you buy real chocolate it is ‘in temper’, which means that the cocoa butter fat-molecules are arranged in a crystalline configuration that shimmers when the light hits it and breaks with a nice crack.
As you heat chocolate up the fat starts to soften and then melt, until it reaches a point where that crystal arrangement of fat molecules completely liquifies into unstructured particles: called going out of temper.  Once out of temper, chocolate won’t reset into temper on its own – leaving you with squidgy, dull chocolate.  The maximum temperature you can take chocolate to before it goes out of temper depends on the darkness of the chocolate:
White Chocolate < 29°C / 84°F Milk Chocolate < 30°C / 86°F Dark Chocolate < 32°C / 86°F
You can always try to thread the needle of heating chocolate up enough to make it workable but not so far as to send it out of temper, but that can take a lot of precision and be easy to overshoot (especially if you don’t have a candy thermometer).  Instead, the simpler thing to do is to completely melt your chocolate, and then work the melted chocolate as it cools down so that you bring it back into temper.  You can melt your chocolate by microwaving in 15-30 second bursts (stirring well in between to ensure it heats evenly) or over a double-boiler (stirring constantly).
Tempering chocolate is a lot less hard or scary than it may seem.  I think chocolate is one of those things that has suffered a sort of “reverse CSI effect” thanks to cooking shows.  These shows often like to feature the most technically complex/ specialised methods/ tools for food prep’ because it looks chef-y/ impressive/ spectacular, which can create the impression that these are the only methods available when there are actually simpler, more reliable, more accessible methods out there.
The method I find most accessible is the seeding method.  To do this you need to reserve a couple of handfuls of your chocolate and chop it finely, then periodically add those reserved chocolate chips into your melted chocolate (biggest bits to smallest bits) as it cools.  What you’re doing here is taking chocolate which still has its fat crystals in-temper and introducing it to your out-of-temper melted chocolate; providing a ‘seed’ template that helps the melted fats fall back into that crystalised structure.  It also helps cool your chocolate down as the seed chocolate melts in.  When doing this you have to be careful not to add the seed chocolate while things are too hot: otherwise it’s just going to melt out of temper as well, which could leave you in a mess unless you have extra chocolate on hand to sacrifice to the process.
A lifehack for this if you don’t have a food-thermometer is that the average core temperature of the human body is around 37°C / 99°F (with your extremities being colder) and chocolate will go into/out of temper between 29°C to 32°C (84°F to 86°F), so you can test whether it’s time to start tempering by getting your (clean and thoroughly dried) fingers involved.  Dip a finger in to touch-test the temperature (stir your cooling chocolate to ensure the temperature is even throughout).  Once it feels lukewarmyou can start melting in your bigger chips.  Slowly add more, stirring to melt each addition through completely, until your chocolate mix feels slightly cooler than your hands while still being liquid enough to spoon and pour.  If you have particularly warm hands, have recently exercised or it’s a hot day then you might want to shoot for a little cooler again.  Just remember: the lighter your chocolate, the cooler the temperature it needs to go down to, so pay close attention when working with white chocolates in particular.  I’ve done this every time with different chocolate types and it’s consistently got me into the tempering zone (even the first time I did it, which is rare because I usually muck things up on the first pass).
As you can see, it doesn’t actually take that much more work or time to temper real chocolate for truffles.  But if you’re in a hurry (or don’t feel like it) you can just go with compound chocolate to skip this step.
Infusing Ganache
Ganache is a mixture of chocolate and cream, used for sauces, frostings, fillings or (in our case) truffle centres.  It’s made by melting chocolate and cream together (either by heating both at the same time or pouring hot cream over chocolate) with the thickness of the ganache depending on the ratio of chocolate to cream, the lightness/darkness of the chocolate and its current temperature.  Because ganache is a chocolate-cream mix that can’t be tempered you should use real chocolate when making it since the only thing you’ll get from compound chocolate here is a flavour downgrade.
Now you can just use ganache straight for a creamy chocolate-filled truffle but one of the fun things I like to do is add extra flavours to make them more interesting.
FLAVOURING THE CREAM
This depends on your flavouring.  If you’re using a smooth dissolving powder (e.g. espresso powder, freeze-dried berry) or liquid essence/extract (e.g. vanilla, almond) then you can directly stir it through the warm cream to flavour your ganache.  One thing to be careful of here is that adding acidic liquids to hot cream can make it split and curdle (that’s actually how you get cottage cheese), so if you’re looking for a citrus flavour I’d suggest infusing the cream with the rind not the juice. (If you want to make something like a wine ganache, you’ll need a recipe with extra ingredients to compensate for the added liquid and acid.)
Speaking of infusion, you may want to add flavouring from things that won’t dissolve smoothly; like vanilla pods, fresh herbs (e.g. rosemary or mint), fruit peel, culinary lavender or (as pictured) chillies.  In this case what you want to do is infuse the flavour into the cream.  To do this, soak your flavouring of choice in the heated cream to extract the essential oils and aromatics.  For some flavours you can boil the cream with the flavouring to get the most out of it, but for more delicate flavours you might want to just steep the pieces in warm cream to avoid cooking away/ burning the taste.  It’s a good idea to cut/ grate your flavour source fairly finely to release as much as possible.  Once the cream is infused to your liking (the longer it sits the stronger the taste will be) you can strain the mix through a tea-strainer or mesh sieve to catch the chunky bits.
A quick note on infusing chilli The main thing that makes chillies ‘spicy’ is a chemical called capsaicin, which triggers the body’s pain and temperature receptors (making it feel like it’s burning you).  Milk-based products (such as cream in our case) contain a protein called casein, which binds to and inhibits capsaicin – neutralising some of the heat.  Capsaicin can also be dissolved and washed away by oils and sugars.  Basically when you infuse chilli into a cream-ganache you’re surrounding it with things that either neutralise some of the heat or help it pass along faster, which means the end-product will be less spicy than the same amount of chilli used in other dishes.  If you want a hot truffle you’ll need to use stronger chillies or add slightly more.  (See this video to learn more about chilli and chocolate.)
Can you infuse pure chocolate? You can, but be careful.  Make sure that your flavouring ingredient is completely dry and not something that would release any juice (again, water is your enemy).  I would also avoid attempting any liquid or powdered additions since that could cause seizing.  The things that I find have worked best are sitting whole woody herbs or spice pods in the chocolate as it melts (I’ve done this with rosemary).  I’d recommend tying your flavouring into a bundle with some kitchen twine (or making a ‘teabag’ with some mesh cloth) to make it easier to remove; pure melted chocolate is harder to strain than cream.  You can also salt your melted chocolate if you like.  If you’re using real chocolate, remember to temper it once you’ve removed your ‘flavour bundle’ from the melt.
Once your cream is flavoured you can pour it over the chocolate to make ganache as normal – if needed warm it over a double boiler or microwave in short bursts until the chocolate is completely melted through.  You can also colour white-chocolate-based ganache with a few drops of gel food dye for visual effect.
WHIPPED GANACHE
Let’s say you don’t want a very chocolate-heavy ganache as your filling (perhaps because it would be too rich).  Or maybe you added too much cream while making your ganache and now you’re worried that your filling will be too runny at serving temperature.
What you can do here is whip your ganache to thicken it in the same way that you would whip cream.  Any liquid that contains at least 30% fat can be whipped – the fat globules forming a stabilised network that traps tiny air bubbles.  Meanwhile when you whip egg white/ gelatine/ aquafaba what you’re doing is stretching out proteins to create the air-trapping network.  Since pure cream is typically 40% fat and chocolate typically contains 20-40% fat, a cream-chocolate ganache mixture has enough fat to whip up.  Ganache whipped to stiff peaks will give you a thickness and structure similar to a cooled, chocolate-heavy ganache while being substantially lighter in richness and texture.
Whether you whip your ganache just to thicken it or all the way to peaks will depend on your starting thickness and personal preference for filling texture – how runny your original mix was and whether you prefer the filling gooier or fluffier.  While you can whip ganache through enthusiastic application of a balloon-whisk, I would recommend using an electric beater (or at least a hand-crank) to save yourself the exertion.
Putting it all together: Truffle time
This type of truffle is made by pouring pure melted chocolate into a mould to a create chocolate shell, which you then fill with your flavoured ganache before sealing everything shut with more chocolate and allowing to set.
MOULDS & MOULD MATERIALS
In theory you could make chocolate in any kind of mould, but the thing to keep in mind is whether you’ll be able to get it out at the end without breaking the mould or shattering the chocolate.   For example, you don’t want a shape that would hook into/ fold over the chocolate, because that part would just get trapped and break off.  Ideally you want a mould with a bit of flex, so that you can pop the solidified truffles from the case more easily.
My recommendation is silicon moulds.  These have enough heat resistance to handle warm chocolate while keeping their shape, while also being non-stick and pliable, which makes them easier to peel off your completed truffles.  You can also use plastic ice-cube trays but there is a risk, since you need to apply more force to pop the truffle out, which can transfer to the shell and crack it – especially if you’re using a gooier filling that might shift around and press against the shell from the inside.
HOW MUCH CHOCOLATE DO YOU NEED FOR SHELLS?
This will depend heavily on both the volume of filling you make, and the size of the moulds.  The smaller your moulds, the more chocolate you need relative to filling.  That might seem backwards, but think about it this way: the smaller your mould is, the smaller the amount of filling that can fit inside, which means you’ll need more shells to use all that filling up (it’s a surface area thing).  As a general rule of thumb, you need about 300 grams of chocolate per ‘ice-cube tray’ of moulds.
You can guesstimate the number of moulds you’ll need by comparing the volume of filling you expect your chocolate + cream to make (remembering that whipped ganache will expand) to the volume you expect each mould to take.  It’s a good idea to overestimate the amount of shell chocolate you think you’ll need.  If you end up with too many shells you can always fill them with other things, like buttercream/cream-cheese frosting, caramel, jam/jelly, peanut butter, citrus curd, wasabi (for prank truffles) or any leftover melted chocolate (which you could also press candy pieces into).
MAKING AND FILLING SHELLS
Okay, now that we’ve covered the theory, let’s make some truffles:
Step 1:  Chill your chocolate moulds (making sure they’re clean and well-dried first).  Either put them in the fridge overnight or in the freezer for a few hours.  This will give your chocolate shells a head start on setting.
Step 2: Make your flavoured ganache and set aside.  This gives your filling time to cool down while you prepare and chill the shells.  If you add a warm filling to your thin chocolate casings, the heat will melt them.  (Note: You will need to let your ganache cool to room temperature if you want it to whip properly.).
Step 3: Melt the chocolate, and temper it if needed.  I would recommend using a heat-safe glass or pyrex bowl since those will hold heat for longer and you want to keep your chocolate warm enough to be workable throughout this process.
Step 4:   Make your shell moulds:
Pour your chocolate into your first tray of chilled moulds.  Using a spatula or the back of a knife, level the tops until they are flush with the moulds, scraping the excess chocolate back into the bowl for reuse.
Return the filled moulds to the refrigerator for 2-4 minutes to allow the outer layer to cool and harden into a shell – the longer you cool it for, the thicker the truffle shell will be. 
Once chilled, invert the moulds back over the bowl to pour out the remaining chocolate ( you can gently tap or shake the tray to help encourage the liquid out). 
Scrape the tops flush again, returning the excess to the bowl.  Place the shells back in the fridge to harden completely.
Repeat with the next mould-tray, reducing the shell-chilling time each round since your chocolate will be cooler and set faster/thicker. 
If you’re starting with lots of chocolate you can do two trays at a time, but since you need to completely fill each mould while the outer layer sets, a lot of the chocolate for the later shells is going to come from the excess poured out of the first moulds.  You will not have enough to fill all your moulds at once.  The chocolate poured from the last 1-2 moulds will be used to seal the filling inside later.
Step 5:  Add your filling(s).  If possible use a piping bag with a narrow tip to give you good control and help avoid spills or overfilling (if you don’t have a piping bag, you can improvise one by reinforcing the corner of a Ziploc bag with some tape and then snipping the tip off).  You want to leave at least 3mm (1/9th inch) of headspace between the top of your filling and the top of the mould (this is to fit the chocolate cap).  If needed, gently tap or jiggle your mould to even out the filling.  For very thick fillings, you can use a toothpick/skewer to spread the filling into any gaps/air pockets.  Return your moulds to the fridge for 5-10 minutes to help set the top of the filling.
Step 6: Seal your truffles.  Check that the remaining melted chocolate is still liquid enough to be workable - if it has become too thick, microwave for no more than 10 seconds or briefly place it over a bowl of hot water, just enough to get it loose again.  Spoon the chocolate to fill each truffle until it’s flush with the top of the mould – scraping any excess back into the bowl to use again.  Here you need to be careful not to agitate the fillings or let them mix with the chocolate, otherwise your caps may not set.
Step 7: Chill your truffles for at least 2 hours (longer for larger moulds) or ideally overnight until the chocolate and filling have fully set.  Once fully set, pop your truffles out of the moulds.
Step 8 (OPTIONAL): If you like, you can accessorise your truffles by drizzling with extra chocolate (remember to temper if using the real stuff) or topping with whipped cream, extra whipped ganache or other decorations (if you wanted, you could use a small amount of chocolate to stick on sprinkles or sugar flowers) .  This is an especially good idea if you’re making truffles with different fillings inside the same type of shell and want to be able to tell them apart.
The ones in the picture
For the chilli-truffles in the picture, I infused three chopped fresh red chillies (with seeds) by boiling in approximately 200mL of pure cream, then strained and combined it with 225g each of White and Milk Chocolate to make slightly more than 2 cups of runny ganache.  (You can absolutely use darker chocolates to make the ganache but be aware that darker chocolates have a stronger cocoa taste that can drown out/ mask more delicate flavours.  Pick the sweetness/darkness of chocolate that plays well with the profile of your chosen flavour.)  Since the ganache was runny, I let it cool and whipped it to semi-stiff peaks.  For these truffle shells and caps I used 900g of tempered dark chocolate, set in my supermarket’s home-brand heart moulds:
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This recipe made 24 (with some of the ganache reserved for decorating the tops) plus some extra chocolate shells which I filled with peanut butter.
Have fun with it!
The reason I wrote this post the way I did is that I don’t really stick to a precise recipe when making this kind of truffle anymore.  Once you have the basics down, feel free to play around.  Try out other combinations of chocolates and flavours, different moulds and different fillings. 
Here are some variants I’ve personally made:
Salted White Chocolate shell + Rosemary White-Chocolate Ganache Filling
Dark Chocolate shell + Orange Curd filling
Dark Chocolate shell + Peanut Butter filling
Dark Chocolate shell + Habanero White Chocolate filling
You could also look at this playlist of chocolate videos if you want some extra inspiration.
Have fun experimenting!
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jtownraindancer · 1 year ago
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Seriously dude explain yourself. What is your face? How do you do the things??????
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foodshowxyz · 9 months ago
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Lavender infused duck breast
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pirepoumon · 1 year ago
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saw a baby cardinal in the garden and then wore a sprig of mountain mint behind my ear to the corner store because I have the best neighbors in the entire world.
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minivirgo · 2 years ago
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i don’t know if you’ve seen the tiktok of this person with a freezer full of different kinds of ice cubes but honestly i aspire to it
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thewriteadviceforwriters · 1 month ago
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🌸Describing Scents For Writers 🌸| List of Scents
Describing aromas can add a whole new layer to your storytelling, immersing your readers in the atmosphere of your scenes. Here's a categorized list of different words to help you describe scents in your writing.
🌿 Fresh & Clean Scents
Crisp
Clean
Pure
Refreshing
Invigorating
Bright
Zesty
Airy
Dewy
Herbal
Minty
Oceanic
Morning breeze
Green grass
Rain-kissed
🌼 Floral Scents
Fragrant
Sweet
Floral
Delicate
Perfumed
Lush
Blooming
Petaled
Jasmine
Rose-scented
Lavender
Hibiscus
Gardenia
Lilac
Wildflower
🍏 Fruity Scents
Juicy
Tangy
Sweet
Citrusy
Tropical
Ripe
Pungent
Tart
Berry-like
Melon-scented
Apple-blossom
Peachy
Grape-like
Banana-esque
Citrus burst
🍂 Earthy & Woody Scents
Musky
Earthy
Woody
Grounded
Rich
Smoky
Resinous
Pine-scented
Oak-like
Cedarwood
Amber
Mossy
Soil-rich
Sandalwood
Forest floor
☕ Spicy & Warm Scents
Spiced
Warm
Cozy
Inviting
Cinnamon-like
Clove-scented
Nutmeg
Ginger
Cardamom
Coffee-infused
Chocolatey
Vanilla-sweet
Toasted
Roasted
Hearth-like
🏭 Industrial & Chemical Scents
Metallic
Oily
Chemical
Synthetic
Acrid
Pungent
Foul
Musty
Smoky
Rubber-like
Diesel-scented
Gasoline
Paint-thinner
Industrial
Sharp
🍃 Natural & Herbal Scents
Herbal
Aromatic
Earthy
Leafy
Grass-like
Sage-scented
Basil-like
Thyme-infused
Rosemary
Chamomile
Green tea
Wild mint
Eucalyptus
Cinnamon-bark
Clary sage
🎉 Unique & Uncommon Scents
Antique
Nostalgic
Ethereal
Enigmatic
Exotic
Haunted
Mysterious
Eerie
Poignant
Dreamlike
Surreal
Enveloping
Mesmerizing
Captivating
Transcendent
I hope this list can help you with your writing. 🌷✨
Feel free to share your favorite scent descriptions in the replies below! What scents do you love to incorporate into your stories?
Happy Writing! - Rin T.
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helianthyme · 6 months ago
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there’s a beautiful thing called a farmer’s market and you can find honey from local bees there :)
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0uroboring · 8 months ago
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i had lavender honey ice cream in ohio years ago and i haven’t stopped thinking about it it’s literally imbedded in my soul and i haven’t been able to find it anywhere since and there are a handful of recipes online but idk which one would be good to make. i am straight up thinking of calling the place in ohio to ask about it
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