Holiday season is on its way. It is time to slowly start testing cookie and truffle recipes and choose the ones you will make for Christmas.
By Tamara Novacoviç
This is another recipe from Ana’s blog called Prstohvat soli. Like all her recipes, this one is adorable as well. I like baking and making things from her blog and I enjoy her beautiful photography. 
With holiday season fast approaching, I steep into Christmas mood and start planning the menu. Mom is usually assigned to come up with savory dishes, whereas cakes and cookies are my field of interest. Lately, I have been testing some of the recipes I plan on using for Christmas and this is one of them. And it’s great. During Christmas time, I am all about cookies and truffles. These are a new addition to my truffle family. They contain chocolate (of course), cherries, roasted hazelnuts (oh, that lovely flavor), cocoa powder, a tiny bit of cherry liquer and home made marmalade. It all combines into a delicious mixture that you let cool and dip into melted chocolate. I used cherries drained from a cherry liquer we call visnjevac, so they are a bit “drunk” and I think they give these truffles a lovely flavor. You can also use pitted frozen cherries. Every time I work with chocolate I am reminded of Joanne Harris’ book Chocolat and the movie.
You can play with the recipe and use any other nuts, as well as some cinnamon that goes great with cherries. The base are cherries and chocolate. This type of recipe is very common in Croatia and Balcan area during Christmas holiday season!
Check out the original recipe here.
PrintChocolate cherry truffles
Description
Holiday season is on its way. It is time to slowly start testing cookie and truffle recipes and choose the ones you will make for Christmas.
Ingredients
For truffles
- 7.5 oz (200 g) chocolate
- 7.5 oz (200 g) roasted hazelnuts
- 7.5 oz (200 g) powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp marmalade
- some rum or cherry liquor
- cherries (frozen, pitted)
For the glaze
- 7.5 oz (200 g) chocolate
- 5 tbsp sunflower oil
Instructions
- Grate chocolate and combine it with powdered sugar, finely ground roasted hazelnuts and cocoa powder. Make sure to sift powdered sugar and cocoa to avoid any lumps.
- Add marmalade, a bit of rum or other liquer. Combine well. Take parts of the mixture and roll into balls-truffles. Put a cherry in the middle of each truffle. Line them on a plate and let cool in the fridge for 20 minutes.
- Make the glaze: melt chocolate in double boiler, add oil, combine well. Dip chilled truffles into chocolate. Line on parchment paper and let cool completely.
I want to make this, but I suppose this is an American recipe. What do you mean by ‘marmalade’? For me that is a bitter orange jam. Also, I presume that the ‘chocolate’ is dark.Also, are the frozen cherries to be defrosted, or what? At the start I thought this an absolutely delicious recipe, but now I am not so sure. Also I think fresh cherries would be far nicer, as frozen ones will give out a lot of water. I think a few explanations are necessary please.