Blue Cheese Truffles

6 servings

120 minutes

Blue cheese truffles are an exquisite dessert with an unusual flavor combination. Inspired by traditional French chocolate truffles, they gain a unique character from the addition of blue cheese. The harmony of dark chocolate, creamy caramel, and tangy cheese creates a rich, layered taste—first sweetness, then a hint of bitterness, and finishing with a refined salty note. Their unusual shape, resembling a real mushroom truffle, makes them visually appealing. This dessert is perfect for those who appreciate unconventional flavor combinations and will serve as an impressive conclusion to dinner or a special event.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 730.8
• Proteins: 9.1g
• Fats: 46.7g
• Carbohydrates: 68.6g

Ingredients

• Dark chocolate: 350 g
• Milk chocolate: 60 g
• Cream 35%: 150 ml
• Glucose syrup: 30 g
• Sugar: 165 g
• Blue cheese: 58 g
• Vegetable oil: 3 tbsp
• Cocoa powder: 60 g
• Blue food coloring: 10 ml

Cooking steps

1. Place the chocolate in a medium-sized bowl, put a sieve on top, and set aside for a while.

   Required ingredients:

   • Dark chocolate: 350 g
   • Milk chocolate: 60 g

2. In a small saucepan, bring the cream to a boil, remove from heat, and set aside.

   Required ingredients:

   • Cream 35%: 150 ml

3. In a large pot, melt the glucose syrup over medium heat for about 30 seconds.

   Required ingredients:

   • Glucose syrup: 30 g

4. Add half of the sugar and stir. Let the sugar melt a bit for about 30 seconds, then stir again. Add the remaining sugar and stir again, allowing it to melt a little and stir again. Continue stirring until the sugar caramelizes.

   Required ingredients:

   • Sugar: 165 g

5. When the mixture acquires a deep caramel color, remove the saucepan from heat and slowly pour in the hot cream. Mix well until homogeneous, then pour this caramel-cream mixture into the chocolate through a pre-prepared sieve.

   Required ingredients:

   • Cream 35%: 150 ml
   • Dark chocolate: 350 g
   • Milk chocolate: 60 g

6. Melt the chocolate for about 1 minute, then blend until smooth.

7. Add cheese and let it sit for a minute. Stir until combined. A few small unmelted cheese pieces in the mixture is fine.

   Required ingredients:

   • Blue cheese: 58 g

8. Place the ganache in the refrigerator until fully crystallized (hardened).

9. Grease your hands with vegetable oil to make it easier to roll the ganache into balls. Then take pieces of ganache, about 10 grams each, roll each piece into a ball (not necessarily perfectly round) and place them on parchment paper. If the balls are too sticky, leave the ganache in the fridge for another 10 minutes. Once all the ganache is rolled into balls, put them in the freezer for 10 minutes.

   Required ingredients:

   • Vegetable oil: 3 tablespoons

10. Mix cocoa powder with blue kandu in a wide, shallow bowl.

    Required ingredients:

    • Cocoa powder: 60 g
    • Blue food coloring: 10 ml

11. Melt dark chocolate in the microwave in 15-20 second bursts, stirring after each heating.

    Required ingredients:

    • Dark chocolate: 350 g
    • Milk chocolate: 60 g

12. Take the ganache balls out of the freezer, drop a ball into the melted chocolate to coat it completely.

13. Take the ball out of the bowl with chocolate on a fork, tap the edge of the bowl with the fork to remove excess chocolate from the ball.

14. Next, drop the ball into the bowl with the cocoa powder mixture.

    Required ingredients:

    • Cocoa powder: 60 g

15. The ball should be evenly coated with chocolate on all sides and then with a mixture of cocoa.

16. Gently squeeze the ball with fingers from different sides until characteristic dents appear, like a real mushroom truffle.

17. Do the same with all the other ganache balls.

18. After all the truffles are coated, remove them from the bowl and place them in the refrigerator until the chocolate is fully set.

19. Remove the truffles and shake them in a sieve to remove excess cocoa powder.