Make Your Mother's Day Sweeter With White Chocolate Truffles

White Chocolate Truffles

Adapted from Chocolates and Confections at Home With the Culinary Institute of America [1] by Peter. P. Greweling

To make ganache: Place 1 cup white chocolate in a medium-size bowl. Set aside.
In a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine heavy cream and corn syrup. Over medium-high heat, cook while stirring the mixture continuously until it comes to a rolling boil. Pour directly over chocolate and let sit for two minutes. Slowly stir ingredients together with a whisk, until fully incorporated. Position a candy thermometer in the center of the bowl to monitor the temperature. Once the ganache reaches 95°F, add butter and stir well. Let ganache sit for 45 minutes or until it is firm enough to pipe.
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment or wax paper. Pipe 30 ganache drops that are about one-inch tall. Set aside to dry overnight.
Cover your hands with powder-free gloves and roll the ganache into smooth, round balls. Return each ball onto the parchment paper.
To finish truffles: Dip each truffle in tempered white chocolate (or compound coating), using a fork. Tap the side of the bowl to let the excess chocolate run back into the bowl, then transfer each coated truffle to clean parchment paper to set. Double dip them for a thicker shell (optional).
Once truffles are completely set, apply edible gold dust to tops of truffles using a clean paintbrush or eye shadow brush.