Chocolate Chai Truffles

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2012

Turning out dense, creamy, professional-quality chocolate truffles at home was easy—once we found a cure for the grainy texture.

SERVESMakes 64 truffles

TIME1 hour, plus 2 hours resting and 4 hours chilling

Chocolate Chai Truffles

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The problem with many homemade truffles is that they have a dry, grainy texture. There are three keys to creating creamy, silky-smooth truffles. First, start with melted chocolate. Melting the chocolate before adding the cream allowed us to...

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