Torino may be the best-known chocolate town in Piemonte, but Cherasco, a town in the Province of Cuneo, certainly isn't second fiddle, and is also in the heart of hazelnut territory. This recipe will in theory produce enough chocolate kisses for four.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 6 squares bitter baking chocolate (Italian squares are 4 by 4 cm, or 1 3/4 inch)
- 2 ounces (50 g) cocoa butter (get this from a pastry supply place)
- 1/3 pound (150 g) hazelnuts (ideally, the Tonda Gentile di Langa strain), chopped
Preparation:
Coarsely grate and crumble the chocolate into a bowl and heat it over a double boiler, until most, but not all the pieces are melted.
Stir in the cocoa butter and the chopped nuts; the mixture should be melted choclate with nutmeats and pieces of unmelted chocolate.
Mix until it is smooth and uniform, and then use it to fill little candy cups (like cupcake cups but smaller, enough to contain a teaspoon or so of candy).
Chill the Kisses in the refrigerator, until it comes time to serve your friends.
Stir in the cocoa butter and the chopped nuts; the mixture should be melted choclate with nutmeats and pieces of unmelted chocolate.
Mix until it is smooth and uniform, and then use it to fill little candy cups (like cupcake cups but smaller, enough to contain a teaspoon or so of candy).
Chill the Kisses in the refrigerator, until it comes time to serve your friends.
