Those tempting little balls

Most people fall on the word "chocolate", I definitely fall on "caramel" first and then on "chocolate and caramel". As soon as I saw this recipe I knew I was going to try it immediately. Immediately meant within 1/2 an hour.

I had some leftover Dulce de Leche in the fridge, but it was enough to make only 1/4 of the batch. It didn't stop me :))) The only problem was that the truffles were gone in less than 24 hours, no matter how much I tried to control myself.

So the same evening when I made my daughter's birthday cake, I made some Soft Raspberry Caramel Sauce (thanks to my digital thermometer that arrived just the day before) and made these truffles again. What a pain. There were just enough cookies left to make 1/4 of a batch again (it was around midnight so no trip to the store). But now I have some more caramel sauce for something I've been waiting to make :)))

I'm sure you all know how to make Dulce de Leche. I boiled an unopened can of condensed milk for 3 hours (even 2 are enough), let it cool down and then opened and transferred that gorgeous goodness into a glass jar and kept in the fridge until it was over.
I'll be posting about this Soft Raspberry Caramel Sauce as well.

If I understood well, this recipe comes from a can of Nestle's Caramel Sauce.

If you have some caramel sauce or Dulce de Leche, they're really quick to make, especially if you don't bother with covering them with melted chocolate like I did, but just roll them into whatever you prefer (nuts, cocoa powder, shredded coconut), like here.

The first time I made these truffles, I didn't take a single picture of the procedure (but
I did take lots of pictures of the finished ones), so you'll see pictures that come from different sets.



CARAMEL CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES

380 g caramel sauce (or Dulce de Leche)
60 g butter
250 g chocolate cookies
for coating: melted chocolate, cocoa powder, finely chopped nuts (hazelnuts, almonds, pistachios, etc.), shredded coconut

Put the caramel sauce (storebought or homemade, it's up to you) or Dulce de Leche and the butter in a saucepan and start warming up stirring until the mixture is completely melted and reaches the boiling point.
Here's my Dulce de Leche:

And here's the Soft Raspberry Caramel Sauce:

Remove the saucepan from heat and stir in the finely ground cookies (I didn't have any chocolate cookies, so I put simple butter cookies and added about 50 g melted chocolate).

Mix well to get a homogeneous mixture, cover and let cool in the fridge for 1 hour.


Take small amount of mixture and form balls (decide on the size of your truffle balls - I wanted them really small, bite size, so I used a teaspoon measuring spoon, you can, of course, make them bigger).
At this point you can simple roll them into cocoa, coconut or other ground/chopped nuts. I wanted to coat them with melted chocolate, white and dark.
So I chopped the chocolate and melted it in the microwave (10 seconds at a time, take out, stir well, and then put back in, repeating until the chocolate's completely melted and starts warming up slightly). Dip the truffle balls into melted chocolate

and place on a wire rack so the extra chocolate can drip away.

Move them to a piece of baking paper before the chocolate's set completely.

Keep the truffles in a cool place, protected from humidity.



CARAMEL CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES
(TARTUFI DI CARAMELO E CHOCOLATO)

380 g di salsa di caramello o Dulce de Leche
60 g di burro
250 g di biscotti al cioccolato
per decorare: cacao in polvere, cocco disidratato, noci/noccioline/mandorle ecc. grattugiate

Mettete il caramello (acquistate il caramello pronto oppure preparatelo da soli, in rete si trovano tante ricette, oppure usate il Dulce de Leche come ho fatto io) e il burro in un pentolino e riscaldate mescolando fino a ebollizione.
Togliete il pentolino dal fuoco e aggiungete i biscotti grattugiati. Non avevo i biscotti al cioccolato, quindi ho messo i biscotti secchi (tipo Oro Saiwa) e 50 g di cioccolato sciolto). Mescolate bene tutto per ottenere un composto omogeneo. Coprite e lasciate raffreddare il composto in frigo per un'ora.
Formate tante palline (io le ho fatte piccolissime) e rotolatele nel cacao o noccioline/mandorle tritate grossolanamente, cocco oppure come ho fatto io nel cioccolato.
Fatte sciogliere il cioccolato nel forno a microonde (10 secondi alla volta, togliete il contenitore, mescolate bene e ripetete finché il cioccolato si sarà sciolto completamente). Ricoprite i tartufini e lasciateli sgocciolare su una griglia, poi trasferiteli sulla carta da forno per asciugare completamente. Conservateli in un luogo fresco protetti dall'umidità.



CARAMEL CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES
(KUGLICE OD KARAMELA I ČOKOLADE)

380 g karamel kreme ili dulche de leche
60 g maslaca
250 g čokoladnih keksa
Za uvaljati: kakao, sjeckani lješnjaci, kokosovo brašno

Pomiješajte karamel kremu s maslacem i zagrijte do vrenja, miješajući, pa uklonite s vatre.
Kekse fino sameljite i pomiješajte s karamelom pa ostavite u hladnjaku barem 1 sat. Ja nisam imala čokoladnih keksa pa sam stavila Petit Beurre kekse i 50 g otopljene tamne čokolade.
Uzimajte po 1 žličicu smjese i oblikujte je u kuglice, koje ćete uvaljati u kakao, kokos, lješnjake, što vam je po volji.
Ja sam rastopila posebno bijelu i tamnu čokoladu u mikrovalnoj pećnici (izvadite posudu s čokoladom svakih 10 sekundi i promiješajte, radite tako dok se sva čokolada ne otopi), pa u njih umakala kuglice i ostavila ih na rešetki dok se ne okapa višak čokolade a zatim ih premjestila na komad papira za pečenje dok se potpuno ne ohlade.
Čuvajte ih na suhom i hladnom mjestu zaštićene od vlage.

*Najlakši način za pripremiti Dulce de leche je slijedeći: sve što vam je potrebno je limenka kondenziranog mlijeka. Stavite neotvorenu limenku u lonac. Uspite toliko vode da bude barem dva prsta iznad limenke i kuhajte 2-3 sata ovisno o gustoći koju želite postići. Izvadite limenku iz vode i ostavite da se potpuno ohladi prije nego je otvorite. (Nakon što ste je otvorili premjestite kremu u čistu staklenku i čuvajte u hladnjaku nekoliko tjedana.) To je sve, vaš Dulce de leche je spreman za upotrebu: namažite ga na palačinke, na kruh, napunite njime suhe kekse, i što god vam drugo padne na pamet. Velike su šanse da ćete ga jesti samog žlicom :)))