The joy of offering a little something, a gift from the heart
Today, I am going back to one thing cooking and this time of the year is about: the family. I love involving the children in the cooking activities, I enjoy seeing them exploring and taking initiatives, not just my children, all children!
Welcome into the “Silly Season”
In Australia, this time of the year is called the “silly season”. It may be called the same elsewhere. In the Southern hemisphere, not only is it Christmas and New Year Eve, it is also the start of the summer holidays and the end of the school year!
A lot to celebrate, gifts to exchange and opportunities to indulge! The great thing on that aspect is that being summer, there are lots of opportunities for swims or water activities to stay away of the treats or use the calories brought by those extra treats (assuming some get guilty).
Chocolate truffles, the plain, the salted caramel ones and the kids party ones!
This week my daughters have wanted to make little presents for their teachers. They decided to make something with chocolate, it quickly became truffles. Not the classic plain chocolate truffles I normally do, but a salted caramel chocolate truffle.
They were having lots of fun getting their hands really messy and once we were done licking every finger, of course. As they make me notice when I sent them washing themselves in the bathroom, we all ended up like “Rudolf, the red nose reindeer” if not for the wrong colour! That was not the end of the truffle season here, a few days after that first episode, Ambrine had to bring something for her class party. Guess what? Truffles! Yes, but this time she decided to adapt it to children’s tastes (RECIPE HERE). She did well!
Now, rapidly before loosing you, truffles are simply a chocolate ganache, cooled down, rolled in small balls and coated in dutch cocoa powder. From there, there are many variations possible. So, go for it, it is EASY and YUMMY!!!
Truffles anyone?
