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Chocolate orange truffles with Paul A Young

June 17, 2014 by Sarah / Maison Cupcake

Master chocolatier Paul A Young demonstrates the art of making truffles and an opportunity to win his new Lakeland book How to Make Chocolates.

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It’s a hard life trucking into town on the tube for a Pinterest Chocolate Event. At least that’s what I tell myself.

Tucked into a basement, Mr Chocolate himself showed us how to make his freakish sounding (but oh so good) stilton chocolate truffles – although the recipe here I have for you is for orange ones so do bear with me.

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Following on from his “Adventures in Chocolate” book Paul A Young has just published another book How to Make Chocolates with Lakeland.

As well as his book, Lakeland have pulled together a stack of chocolate making paraphrenalia as shown below:

 

Make your own chocolates - tools for the job!

 

 Marble Slab £19.99 | Silicone Chocolate Box Mould £5.29
How to Make Chocolates Book by Paul A Young £4.99 |  Chocolate Scraper £7.99
Thermospatula £14.99 |Bain Marie Double Boiler £15.99 

How to make truffles with master chocolatier Paul A Young

You can see the marble chocolate slab in action here – I won’t deny it weighs a ton but to get your tempered chocolate cooling down nicely it’s just the job.

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We had as you can see, a merry old time rolling our own.

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If you’d like a taste of Paul A Young’s chocolate treats then for a limited time only, as well as his Soho shop, you can indulge in his Chocolate Inspired Afternoon Tea at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London. But if that’s out of reach then do enter my giveaway to win one of his books below!

Print Recipe

How to make chocolate orange truffles

Makes approx 40 to 50 truffles Recipe by Paul A Young and main truffle photo extracted with permission from Lakeland’s How to Make Chocolates
Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time4 hrs
Total Time4 hrs 30 mins
Course: Sweets
Servings: 40 -50
Author: Paul A Young

Ingredients

  • 250 g 72% or above dark chocolate
  • 125 mls unpasteurized orange juice or home squeezed
  • 150 g unrefined golden caster sugar
  • The zest of 1 orange
  • Tempered chocolate & cocoa powder to finish

Instructions

  • Chop the dark chocolate into small pieces and place into a bowl.
  • Add the orange juice, sugar, and orange zest to a saucepan and bring to the simmer for one minute.
  • Pour on to the chocolate and whisk well until smooth.
  • Place into a food container and allow to cool, then refrigerate for 4 hours.

Notes

This can then be hand rolled into truffles, coated with tempered chocolate & finished with cocoa powder.
How long will my truffles last?
Store in a cool, dark place, away from sunlight and strong odours.
They will last seven days at room temperature

 

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With thanks to Lakeland and Paul A Young for supplying sample products and book prizes. 

Filed Under: Classes and Events, Recipes, WIN Giveaways Tagged With: events

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Comments

  1. Rosa May (@RosasYummyYums) says

    June 17, 2014 at 6:09 pm

    Beautiful truffles! Ever so tempting…

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      June 18, 2014 at 10:24 am

      Thank you Rosa – I could dip right in and grab one.

  2. Nisha says

    June 17, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    that first picture looks gorgeous sarah. I love the background you have used. And chocolate and orange..match made in heaven for sure 🙂

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      June 18, 2014 at 10:23 am

      It is actually extracted from the book – I wish I could take credit!

  3. What Kate Baked says

    June 17, 2014 at 9:18 pm

    Reinvent the Bounty and I’ll be queuing outside Paul’s shops each morning!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      June 18, 2014 at 10:23 am

      Someone did that on their blog in past few weeks… racking my brains who it was now!

  4. laura_howtocook says

    June 17, 2014 at 10:57 pm

    I loved Paul’s talk, what a great guy and he loves what he does, and his chocolates are incredible. Who wouldn’t love working with amazing chocolate all day?!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      June 18, 2014 at 10:22 am

      I know… I imagine you get used to the smell though because when I first arrived at Bournville Art College in Birmingham near Cadbury’s factory I noticed the smell of chocolate wafting through the air daily but not so much later on!

  5. Leanne Lunn says

    June 17, 2014 at 11:53 pm

    It has to be champagne truffles

  6. Fuss Free Helen says

    June 18, 2014 at 11:52 am

    That was such a fun evening. I loved those Stilton truffles.

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      June 18, 2014 at 9:37 pm

      Would you make them at home? I might nearer Christmas.

  7. Made With Pink says

    June 18, 2014 at 12:20 pm

    This was such a fun event, although I bit my tongue to avoid showing my disappointment that it was chocolate and stilton truffles we were making that evening. Blue Cheese just creeps me out, but my co-workers loved biting into them the next day! I much prefer the chocolate orange truffles you’ve shared here. Yum!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      June 18, 2014 at 9:35 pm

      Yes the blue cheese was something of a love-hate combo. Myself I didn’t think it tasted strongly enough but even so I definitely prefer chocolate orange 🙂

  8. Margot C&V (@coffeenvanilla) says

    June 19, 2014 at 8:08 am

    Love it Sarah! Thumb up 🙂

  9. Nikki says

    June 19, 2014 at 2:08 pm

    Chocolate and Orange is just my favourite combination – these look delicious – I’m a tad scared about tempering chocolate though!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      June 19, 2014 at 3:45 pm

      Nothing to be scared of – just take it nice and slow!

  10. Nick @ Bakingbeardy says

    June 20, 2014 at 8:45 am

    Call me boring, but I love his salted caramel – you just can’t improve on perfection!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      June 20, 2014 at 10:22 am

      A best seller for a reason!

  11. Neil says

    June 20, 2014 at 11:19 am

    Mmm Viennese truffles

  12. Sus Chalmers says

    June 20, 2014 at 6:15 pm

    these truffles look scrumptious! [love that word!!] – a chocoholics dream 🙂

  13. bakingaddict says

    June 21, 2014 at 12:14 am

    Chocolate and peanut butter which is one of my favourite combinations

  14. Camilla @ Culinary Adventures says

    June 21, 2014 at 12:18 am

    Wow! Chocolate and bleu cheese? Sounds intriguing. I’ve done chocolate + parmesan.

  15. kellyjo walters says

    June 22, 2014 at 6:55 pm

    blue cheese yuk choc orange yum!

  16. Sam Q says

    June 23, 2014 at 11:45 pm

    Love the idea of using citrus liquids instead of cream mmm now to really like dark chocolate!!

  17. Miss Sue Flay says

    June 24, 2014 at 3:38 pm

    This sounds amazing! I love Paul, his ethics and most importantly… his chocolate! I’m glad I live too far out of London to try his wares… although now there may not be any excuses left ; )

  18. Ness (@baggiesbabe69) says

    June 24, 2014 at 9:19 pm

    I love the sound of the orange truffles, not sure about the stilton though. I’d love some mint chip truffles!

  19. Emma Howson says

    June 24, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    I think a battenburg truffle would be cute.

  20. Ellie says

    June 26, 2014 at 7:23 am

    Wow loving this blog and of course CHOCOLATE! X

  21. Natalie Crossan says

    July 12, 2014 at 10:18 pm

    I’d love a battenburg truffle 😀

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