Seventy% - Topic: truffle size

deb on truffle size

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:51:12 +0000

When I make truffles I start out with the weight range of 8 - 10 grams. Once the truffle is dipped it will weigh 2 grams more. Even my moulded chocolates I use the 10 gram moulds. A ganache or buttercream can become very decadent and this amount can be satisfying to the palate and belly! Too much is overkill. Thats my opinion!

Alex Rast on truffle size

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:18:53 +0000

quote:

Originally posted by m-sosweet

how big or small do you think that a truffle should be? I tend to make them small but I see some really big ones on the market.

IMHO, as a general rule, somewhere between about 10 and 20 g for the rolled-cocoa variety - about the size of a smallish mushroom truffle. You'll find some that are truly silly - the size of an ice-cream scoop, but I think this defeats the purpose. A truffle should be small enough that the entire piece can dissolve in the mouth. But I also dislike really dainty truffles, which you see too. The problem there is that there isn't enough to get any real intensity.

If you're thinking of hard-shelled, chocolate confectionery pieces (what I call simply "chocolates"), they should be smaller, perhaps 5-10 g, preferentially towards the larger side of that range.

Neither type should be so big as to require or even justify 2 bites - they should be appropriate for eating as a single whole piece.

Alex Rast
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wendy on truffle size

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:59:33 +0000

how big or small do you think that a truffle should be? I tend to make them small but I see some really big ones on the market.