Jasmine Green Tea Truffles
Ingredients:
¾ cup (180mL) whipping cream
8 Bigelow®
Jasmine Green Tea Bags
9 ounces (252g) good semisweet chocolate, chopped
Coating:
5 ounces (140g) good semisweet chocolate, chopped and melted
Cocoa powder and icing sugar for dusting
Yield: Serves: 24 - Prep Time: 20 min. - Cool Time:1 hr
fridge, 30 min freezer
Instructions:
Place cream in small saucepan Add tea bags and simmer
for a few minutes or until tea has infused cream; remove tea bags
and squeeze out excess cream.
Pour hot cream over chocolate. Stir gently to blend and cool at
room temperature. Beat with a whisk until fluffy and place in
refrigerator for about an hour.
Make sure your hands are cold, rub with ice
cubes. Using a melon baller, place a small amount of the
chocolate mixture into your cold hands and roll into a ball. Place
on a cookie sheet and continue until all chocolate is used. Place
in freezer until solid.
Coating:
Melt chopped chocolate. Dip frozen truffles into melted
chocolate with a toothpick, place on clean tray. Return to freezer
for 30 minutes. Once coating is set, dust with icing sugar or cocoa
powder.
Nutritional Information:
| Nutritional
Information Per Serving |
Percent of Daily
Value |
| Calories |
105 |
|
5% |
| Protein |
0.8 |
grams |
2% |
| Carbohydrate |
11 |
grams |
4% |
| Total Fat |
8 |
grams |
12% |
| Alcohol |
0 |
grams |
| Cholesterol |
10 |
milligrams |
3% |
| Saturated Fat |
5 |
grams |
23% |
| Monounsaturated Fat |
2 |
grams |
| Polyunsaturated Fat |
0.3 |
grams |
| Trans Fatty Acid |
0 |
grams |
| Total Dietary Fiber |
1 |
grams |
4% |
| Total Sugar |
9 |
grams |
| Percentage of Calories
|
| Protein |
3% |
| Carbohydrate |
37% |
| Total Fat |
60% |
| Alcohol |
0% |
| Vitamins & Mineral
|
| Sodium |
5 |
milligrams |
0% |
| Potassium |
66 |
milligrams |
2% |
| Vitamin A |
33 |
Retinol Equivalent |
2% |
| Vitamin C |
0.05 |
milligrams |
0% |
| Calcium |
10 |
milligrams |
1% |
| Iron |
0.5 |
milligrams |
3% |
| Vitamin D (ug) |
0.05 |
micrograms |
1% |
| Thiamin |
0.01 |
micrograms |
1% |
| Riboflavin |
0.02 |
milligrams |
1% |
| Niacin |
0.07 |
milligrams |
0% |
| Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) |
0 |
milligrams |
0% |
| Folic Acid |
2 |
milligrams |
1% |
| Cobalamin (Vitamin B12) |
0.01 |
micrograms |
0% |
| Nutritional Recipe
Features |
| Low in Sodium |
| Low in Cholesterol |
| Sugar Free |
| Gluten-free |
| Good Source of Potassium |
| Dairy Free |
| Soy Free |