At the beginning of my herbal career I had a tea shop in my backyard garden. It was beautiful and I worked with the fairies to make amazing herbal truffles to be enjoyed with Chinese teas, while the crows drank leftover chai. How did the fairies help? They did some inspiring, including getting me interested in flower medicine, but mostly they just let me know that I didn't need to stress out. They said "Just ask us to help and the recipes will turn out great!" They always did! (Also, remember to never get water on melted chocolate.)
This truffle recipe is an easy introduction to adding herbs and essences into your chocolates. Watch the video of this recipe on YouTube, or add it to your Pinterest board. Enjoy this recipe and experimenting with your own.
Easy Lavender Amethyst Truffle Recipe Ingredients:
21 ounces milk chocolate
1 cup heavy whipping cream
3 Tablespoons lavender flowers
5 drops of our amethyst gem essence
and unsweetened cocoa powder for rolling
Instructions
- Place the chocolate in your double boiler with about 2 inches of water in the lower part. Start melting the chocolate. Stir frequently as it starts melting.
- In a separate small pan, heat the heavy whipping cream. Add in the amethyst gem essence now.
- Just as the cream is starting to boil, turn off the heat, stir in the lavender, and let steep for 3 minutes.
- Strain the lavender, try to squeeze out all the cream from the lavender. If needed add cream to make the total amount 1 cup.
- Reheat the infused cream and stir into the chocolate. This may finish the melting process. If not, continue to melt until there are no lumps whatsoever. I use a fork to check.
- When it is completely melted, set aside and allow to cool to room temperature. This can take hours or overnight.
- Roll the ganache into quarter sized balls. Keep your hands cool during this. Sometimes I like to have a cool pack nearby so that things don't get too melty, especially with this milk chocolate recipe.
- Roll the truffles in unsweetened cocoa powder and you are done!
- Make some new friends by giving them samples.
Key Points for Making Herbal Truffles
•Fat soluble herbs can be steeped into the cream. Examples include fragrant, oily to touch herbs like: fresh lemon balm, young pine needle tips, ground fennel, and... lavender. Check the end quantity of the cream after steeping and straining out the herbs. If the plant matter has absorbed a significant amount, add cream to 1 cup total volume and then reheat the infused cream before adding it to the chocolate.
•Add 5 drops of gem* or flower essences into the cream--NEVER add water or alcohol directly into melted chocolate, or it will likely seize and you will have lost the batch.
*Our gem essences contain no fragments or material components of gemstones. They are energetically charged waters preserved with a small amount of brandy.
Pisces Season Truffle
I chose this recipe because of all the Pisces energy right now and to give a gift to my favorite Pisces. Lavender and Amethyst are balancing, they soothe anxiety when worried and promote clarity when feeling droopy. Even though it is especially lovely for our sensitive Pisces friends, this truffle is a crowd pleaser. The lavender flavor is subtle, add more if you roll strong :)
