Paul A Young's Christmas chocolate truffle recipes -

Ingredients

• 50g sultanas
• 50g raisins
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cardamom
• 1⁄2 nutmeg, freshly grated
• 100ml port
• 50ml Cognac
• juice and zest of 1 orange
• 250g double cream
• 300g dark muscovado sugar
• 500g 70% dark chocolate, robust and well rounded, broken into pieces
• 150g cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon grated fresh nutmeg
• 250g 70% dark chocolate, tempered
• 300ml double cream
• 150g light muscovado sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 100g crystallised stem ginger
• 600g Javanese 40% milk chocolate, broken into pieces