Simple Coffee-flavored Truffles

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   Break the chocolate apart.

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   Melt it in a bowl over a 50C hot bath.

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   Heat the heavy cream, mizuame, and instant coffee in a pot.

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   Turn the heat off when it's just below boiling.

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   Add the mixture from Step 2 into the bowl from Step 1.

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   Fold in using a rubber spatula.

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   Add rum and mix well.

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   Lay a sheet of plastic wrap in a flat container, and pour in the mixture from Step 3.

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   Chill in the fridge to harden.

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    When the chocolate has hardened, chop it up into pieces and roll them into a ball.

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    Chill them in the fridge for about 1 hour.

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    Chop up the chocolate marked with a , and melt over a hot bath.

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    Do not warm it too much, since it will melt the chocolate from Step 5 when coating.

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    Put each chocolate ball (from Step 5) into the molten chocolate from Step 6.

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    Roll them around, then place them onto a sheet of oven paper.

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    Chill in the fridge to harden.

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    To make a ganache-type truffles, coat the chopped chocolate from Step 5 with powdered cocoa..

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    Step 2: You can also put the chocolate and heavy cream into a bowl and microwave them to melt.

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    The chocolate for coating in Step 6 can be melted in the same way by microwaving.

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    Step 7: If it's too difficult to shape, please trace it with a fork before it hardens completely.

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    You can also use milk chocolate for the coating.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.