{"id":3740,"date":"2013-06-26T14:31:48","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T21:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2024-02-16T13:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T21:00:24","slug":"learn-to-make-truffles-with-poco-dolce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/learn-to-make-truffles-with-poco-dolce\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to make truffles with Poco Dolce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founder Kathy Wiley and Production Manager Juan Carlos of <strong><a title=\"Poco Dolce\" href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/d-i-y-tours\/tour-stop\/tour-stop-dogpatch-sf\/poco-dolce\/\">Poco Dolce<\/a><\/strong> gave a neat presentation of how to make tea-infused truffles.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3748\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3748\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-26-at-2.15.12-PM.png\" alt=\"Poco Dolce's how-to video\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-26-at-2.15.12-PM.png 640w, https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-26-at-2.15.12-PM-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poco Dolce&#8217;s first how-to video on making chocolates appeared on YouTube.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They make it look easy; and in the video, Kathy suggests other flavors to try, such as chili &amp; cinnamon, which she says are the original spices used when chocolate was first consumed in the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>If you feel inspired, their recipe is below. The recipe is important because in the video, they show, but don\u2019t explain, the steps involving dipping the ganache in melted chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>Poco Dolce sent out the recipe in their latest newsletter, and described it as their first recipe. Although I am not much of a cook myself, I am looking forward to seeing what their future newsletters bring. Maybe I can convince my husband or other CBTB chocolateers to give Poco Dolce recipes a try!<\/p>\n<h2>Poco Dolce Bittersweet Chocolate &amp; Tea Truffles<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>5 oz heavy cream<\/li>\n<li>10 oz finely chopped dark chocolate<\/li>\n<li>1 heaping tbsp of favorite tea leaves<\/li>\n<li>4 oz dark chocolate (to melt &amp; coat)<\/li>\n<li>2 cups cocoa powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Place the 10 oz of finely chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Heat the cream until it&#8217;s just beginning to simmer.<\/li>\n<li>Remove cream from heat.<\/li>\n<li>Add 1 heaping teaspoon tea leaves to the cream.<\/li>\n<li>Allow to tea and cream to steep covered for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.<\/li>\n<li>Carefully strain the cream through a sieve (to remove the tea leaves) over the finely chopped chocolate.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk the cream into the chocolate until all visible lumps are gone and mixture is glossy.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the mixture into an 8&#215;8 pan lined with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>Let set in a cool place for 4 hours or overnight (if overnight cover the pan.)<\/li>\n<li>Once cooled, cut the mixture into 1&#8243; squares or scoop and roll into 1&#8243; balls.<\/li>\n<li>Put the 2 cups cocoa powder in a separate bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Melt the 4 oz chocolate (for coating your truffles) in the microwave, stopping to stir every 10-15 seconds, until consistency is smooth and glossy.<\/li>\n<li>Using a fork, dip and completely cover one truffle at a time in the chocolate.<\/li>\n<li>Immediately move to cocoa powder, rolling each truffle to cover it in cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>Repeat with the remaining truffles. (You can leave each truffle in the cocoa powder a few minutes until the chocolate has set.)<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy immediately or keep in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder Kathy Wiley and Production Manager Juan Carlos of Poco Dolce gave a neat presentation of how to make tea-infused truffles. They make it look easy; and in the video, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/local-chocolate\/learn-to-make-truffles-with-poco-dolce\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Learn to make truffles with Poco Dolce&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,38,41],"tags":[6,380,229,221,26,1074],"class_list":["post-3740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-chocolate","category-chocolate-recipes","category-san-francisco-chocolate","tag-darkchocolate","tag-diy","tag-poco-dolce","tag-tea","tag-truffles","tag-veteran-sfba-artisan-chocolatier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41635,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3740\/revisions\/41635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chocolatebythebay.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}