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Persian New Year Truffles

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March 20, 2014
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Persian New Year Truffles
  • Makes 4
Author Notes

I have made these vegan and gluten free truffles infused with a black ahmad tea bag to ring in the new year. These truffles are incredibly flavorful and rich. Rose and ahmad tea are flavors which are part of everyday life in Iran and eating these bring back some amazing memories. Happy New Year everyone! —sabrina

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • Truffle Ingredients
  • 50 grams coconut milk
  • 50 grams cacao powder
  • 2.5 tablespoons maple sugar [or sweetened to taste]
  • 10 grams cacao butter
  • 1 teaspoon rose water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
  • 1 pinch maldon salt
  • 1 ahmad black tea bag
  • Topping Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons crushed pistachios
  • 3 tablespoons dried rose petals
  • 3 tablespoons desiccated coconut
Directions
  1. Place the coconut milk in a small saucer and place over medium-high heat until it is boiling hot.
  2. Once boiling, reduce to a simmer and add in the ahmad tea bag and let it sit for 2 minutes.
  3. Turn off the heat, remove the teabag and add in the cacao butter. Stir until the cacao butter melts.
  4. In a separate bowl sift the cacao powder, add in the maple sugar, sea salt, rose water and vanilla bean paste.
  5. Pour the coconut milk mixture into the bowl with the cacao powder and other ingredients.
  6. Stir until ingredients are evenly mixed. Place the bowl in the refrigerator for a minimum of 2 hours.
  7. Roll about 1 tablespoon of the mixture between your hands and then roll into the various different toppings.
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StevieWonders
StevieWonders November 30, 2014
This is a delicious-sounding recipe, but the ingredient measurements are a puzzlement---shouldn't liquid ingredients be in milliliters? How can one convert such a thing? My converter lists 25 to 30 grams as 1 ounce...

I actually HAVE rosewater, but no rose petals handy at the moment.

Also what is ahmad tea? Seriously, if there is something similar, why not suggest it? Or, say there is nothing else. I live in Middle America [sadly] and getting exotic ingredients is very, very difficult. When I lived in San Francisco, CA, I could get anything...