Cocoa tart with zabaione cream and raspberries
Desserts from Italy
Chocolate balls
Chocolate balls
ready in
20 minutes
difficulty
daily requirement
100% Fat
100% Protein
100% Carbohydrates
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description
Chocolate balls are simple desserts to prepare. They do not need baking in the oven and can be garnished in many different ways, with coconut, pistachio, hazelnut or almond grain, colored sugars, chocolate flakes.
preparation
step 1
Beat the yolks with the sugar and the marsala (or other liquor of your choice).
step 2
Chop the biscuits and add them to the eggs together with the cocoa powder, the hazelnut grain and the butter loose or softened.
step 3
At this stage of the process you can customize the recipe with the addition of crushed meringhi or almonds, almonds, pistachio or nutella.
step 4
Knead all the ingredients until you get a pretty compact compound.
step 5
Make the chocolate balls of the size you want, taking little dough at a time, compact it initially with your fingers and then turn it between the palms of your hands until you get a small sphere.
step 6
Dampen the palms of the hands with a few drops of water and rotate the chocolate ball again between the palms to facilitate the adhesion of the chosen gasket. After moistening the ball garnish at will.
step 7
Place the chocolate balls in the paper ribbons or directly on the serving plate. Place in the fridge for half an hour before serving.