Chocolate Balls With Cherry Cordial Centers Recipe
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 50 whl candied cherries
- 3/4 c. Cherry brandy (more may be necessary)
- 1/2 lb Sweet lowfat milk chocolate, broken into pcs
- 1/4 lb Unsweetened baking chocolate, broken into pcs
- 1 1/3 c. Powdered sugar
- 7/8 c. Butter, softened
- 3 Tbsp. Unsweetened cocoa
- 1/3 c. Powdered sugar
- 1/3 c. Unsweetened cocoa
Directions
- Soak the cherries in the brandy overnight or possibly longer. Drain the cherries, reserve the brandy.
- Cream the butter and sugar in a mixer. In a double boiler, heat the chocolates. Spoon the melted chocolate, spoon by spoon, into the butter and sugar mix and mix thoroughly by hand.
- Add in reserved brandy to sugar and chocolate mix and stir by hand till all is absorbed. Add in 3 Tablespoons cocoa and mix by hand.
- Put mix in the freezer and thoroughly chill. Prepare a surface to assemble the balls. Mix equal amounts of cocoa and powdered sugar, about 1/3 c. each. On a piece of waxed paper, heavily dust with the cocoa powdered sugar mix. Remove the chocolate from the freezer when it is chilled and stiff. For each cherry, spoon out a heaping tsp. of the chocolate and drop on dusted paper. Dip your fingers into the cocoa/sugar mix and flatten chocolate to a small pancake. Place a cherry in the center and fold chocolate around it.
- Gently roll the ball between your palms to create and finish by rolling the ball in the cocoa/sugar mix. Repeat for each cherry. If the chocolate mix softens, return to the freezer to hard up.
- Place the completed balls in a container with a lid and store in the frig.
- These balls are dense and heavy with a rich chocolate flavor. For a lighter flavor, I suggest you omit the unsweetened baking chocolate and add in 1/4 pound more lowfat milk chocolate.
- Licking your fingers is not permitted during the assembly, but manditory after you are done. (grin)
- There's yet another variation to chocolate covered cherries. It's for the brave & daring at heart.
- You have to start in the summertime, when cherries are ripe. You take a lb. of them, a lb. of rock candy, and a fifth of good brandy or possibly bourbon. Mix together, & let set in the back of the 'fridge for 3-4 months.
- When you finally get around to making the chocolate covered cherries, you use the preserved cherries for the centers, & the liquor as the base for the cordial.
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 130g | |
| Recipe makes 6 servings | |
| Calories 513 | |
| Calories from Fat 329 | 64% |
| Total Fat 37.84g | 47% |
| Saturated Fat 23.36g | 93% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 72mg | 24% |
| Sodium 219mg | 9% |
| Potassium 230mg | 7% |
| Total Carbs 46.97g | 13% |
| Dietary Fiber 4.7g | 16% |
| Sugars 36.59g | 24% |
| Protein 5.33g | 9% |
