Merry Christmas and a Happy & Blessed New Year to you!!! :) Hope you all had a lovely Christmas, feasting and enjoying great family moments and also a great New Year's - with new resolutions or perhaps rolled over resolutions! :)
I was away in Melbourne and Tasmania over the Christmas Break - so didnt get a chance to do a full Christmas Feast but we did have a small one in our serviced apartment which was nice! I love the Christmas period - it's such a happy period and I have to say, I LOVE the decorations, the hundreds of cooking and baking Christmas ideas! I need two christmases in a year!!! I felt Christmas came WAY too fast this year - I still want to do a full roast, pudding and everything!
Anyway, a group of us organised a very nice, civilised and proper Christmas dinner (big thanks to the host and everyone who was there! It was so nice!) - and I brought dessert. After thinking literally for probably a couple of weeks at least, I decided on a Christmas Truffle bouquet. This was inspired by Su Yin from "The Journal of a Girl who loves to cook" - check out her fantastic blog at http://www.cookingismypassion.blogspot.com/.
After lots of curling of ribbon, twirling of chocolate, rolling of truffle balls, drizzling of chocolate to make designs, rolling in crushed hazelnut... this was the result...!!!
To my surprise, if you actually google truffles, there are lots of recipes out there but basically this one was biscuits of your choice + cream cheese - and basically blend. Su actually demonstrates it very well in her blog, so do check it out there! I made the following flavours:
- Mint Slice
- Double chocolate Tim Tam with a hint of Rum
- Hazelnut biscuits with a whole hazelnut in the truffle
I had so much fun doing this eatible bouquet arrangement!!! Thanks so much to Adrian who helped me out lots with this! My friends loved it, which made it all worth it!!! :)
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year and may your year be extra special and blessed!!! :)
Stay tuned for more yummy photos - I am SO inspired to bake and cook and decorate even more this year!!! :)
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2 comments:
hey elizabeth! the truffles look soooo good! it much have been so much work too! I never knew they were crushed biscuits either!
Hi Cheryl! Thanks heaps! Yes it was heaps of work hehehe! But lots of fun - especially the last bit when I could assemble it all together! :) There are different type of truffles - you're probably thinking of the other type - where the whole thing is made of chocolate and cream - those are probably more fiddly! I liked these as they were easier to handle, very rich and tasty and didnt contain coconut! :)
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